Rockfax Description
II, 700m, 3 - 4 hours. A fun variant on the Normal Route which has the added advantage that it takes you to the scenic and well-positioned Col du Mont Tondu. Follow the Normal Route until below the Col du Mont Tondu and then go directly up to the col on 25 degree snow. From the col, the terrain is initially low-angled but after passing a small tower, the ridge steepens and narrows to provide some straightforward but satisfying grade 2 scrambling over a series of short steps leading rightwards to another tower. After the second tower, the terrain mellows once again and leads easily to the top of the Pain de Sucre. Follow the Normal Route from here to the top of Mont Tondu itself. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
A fun variant on the Normal Route which has the added advantage that it takes you to the scenic and well-positioned Col du Mont Tondu. Follow the Normal Route until below the Col du Mont Tondu and then go directly up to the col on 25 degree snow. From the col, the terrain is initially low-angled but after passing a small tower, the ridge steepens and narrows to provide some straightforward but satisfying grade 2 scrambling over a series of short steps leading rightwards to another tower. After the second tower, the terrain mellows once again and leads easily to the top of the Pain de Sucre. Follow the Normal Route from here to the top of Mont Tondu itself.

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Rosie's Broken Alpine Dreaming , BMC - Easier Classics in the Mont Blanc Range

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