Grandes Jorasses
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| Elevation | 4208 |
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| First ascent | June 30, 1868 |
| Prominence | 841 m |
| Mountain range | Alps |
| Graian Alps | |
| First ascenders | Riccardo Cassin |
| Melchior Anderegg | |
| Horace Walker | |
| Did you know | Grandes Jorasses (Pointe Walker) is the fourth-highest Alps mountain of Italy (4208 m). |
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| ID | 943133 |
About Grandes Jorasses
The Grandes Jorasses is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg, Johann Jaun and Julien Grange on 30 June 1868.
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