Tobias Granath - a Chamonix photo diary
2007/04/23 - Aiguille de la Floria, East face

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Aiguille de la Floria looked so nice from the summit of Belvédère the other day so we couldn't resist to go there.

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The peaks at Aiguille Rouges are not very big but you can find really interesting skiing here. Mimi at Col du Crochues.

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Cold snow!!

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Max at the summit ridge.

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640 vertical meters climbing up to the summit from Index chairlift.(Floria draglift was closed.)

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At the top the face is convex.

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The gradient of the steepest part of the slope is about 55 degrees.

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Steepski turn from Mims.

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From the summit you have 1155 vertical meters down to Flégère middle station.

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The route took just 3 hours, 11minutes.

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