Mont Blanc du Tacul

Mont Blanc du Tacul
Mont Blanc du Tacul (centre) seen from the Aiguille du Midi, with Mont Blanc (right)
Highest point
Elevation4,248 m (13,937 ft)
Prominence219 m ↓ Col Maudit[1]
Isolation1.38 km → Mont Maudit[1]
Coordinates45°51′23″N 06°53′16″E / 45.85639°N 6.88778°E / 45.85639; 6.88778
Geography
Mont Blanc du Tacul is located in France
Mont Blanc du Tacul
Mont Blanc du Tacul
France
LocationHaute-Savoie, France
Parent rangeGraian Alps
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascentCharles Hudson, Edward John Stevenson, Christopher and James Grenville Smith, E. S. Kennedy, Charles Ainslie and G. C. Joad on 8 August 1855
Easiest routeNorth-west face (PD)

Mont Blanc du Tacul (4,248 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps situated midway between the Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc.

The official first ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul was by a guideless party comprising Charles Hudson, Edward John Stevenson, Christopher and James Grenville Smith, E. S. Kennedy, Charles Ainslie and G. C. Joad on 8 August 1855. However, Courmayeur guides may have already ascended the peak during their attempts in 1854 and 1855 to force a way up Mont Blanc from the Italian side.[2]

  • Mont Blanc du Tacul (far left), Mont Maudit (left) and Mont Blanc (centre)
    Mont Blanc du Tacul (far left), Mont Maudit (left) and Mont Blanc (centre)
  • Aerial photo of Mont Blanc and other summits
    Aerial photo of Mont Blanc and other summits
  • Mont Blanc du Tacul from Mont Chéry
    Mont Blanc du Tacul from Mont Chéry

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mont Blanc du Tacul, France at peakbagger.com, retrieved 20 Feb 2016
  2. ^ For this claim see Helmut Dumler and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994, p. 219



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