Pointe Croz

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Pointe Croz is one of the principal summits of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, renowned among alpinists for its challenging high-altitude climbing routes.

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Pointe Croz canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain summit ⓘ
approachFrom Refuge de Leschaux ⓘ
Rifugio Boccalatte-Piolti ⓘ
climbingGradeRange D to ED (various routes) ⓘ
climbingReputation serious and committing objective for experienced alpinists ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
elevation 13484 ft ⓘ
4110 m ⓘ
faces north face of Grandes Jorasses ⓘ
south face of Grandes Jorasses ⓘ
firstAscentBy Christian Almer ⓘ
Edward Whymper ⓘ
Franz Biner ⓘ
Michel Croz ⓘ
firstAscentDate 24 June 1865 ⓘ
firstAscentRoute from the Italian side ⓘ
geology granite ⓘ
hazards avalanches ⓘ
rockfall ⓘ
seracs ⓘ
includedIn Mont Blanc massif high-level traverses ⓘ
locatedIn Alps ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
locatedInRegion Aosta Valley ⓘ
Haute-Savoie ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
mapRegion IGN 1:25,000 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ⓘ
namedAfter Jean-Baptiste Croz ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation Chamonix mountain guide ⓘ
nearestTown Chamonix ⓘ
Courmayeur ⓘ
notableFor high-altitude alpine climbing ⓘ
serious north face routes ⓘ
technical mixed routes ⓘ
partOf Grandes Jorasses ⓘ
partOfListing Alpine four-thousanders (traditional list often includes Grandes Jorasses summits) ⓘ
prominenceWithinMassif subsidiary summit of Grandes Jorasses ⓘ
relativePositionInMassif one of the principal summits of the Grandes Jorasses ridge ⓘ
season main climbing season in summer ⓘ
typicalActivities alpine climbing ⓘ
ice climbing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grandes Jorasses → hasSummit → Pointe Croz ⓘ
Pointe Hélène → locatedNear → Pointe Croz ⓘ