It was first climbed on 29 June 1865 by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer and Franz Biner, a fortnight before the fateful first ascent of the Matterhorn.

Whymper was unable to climb with his usual guide, Michel Croz, who had to wait for a client in Chamonix.

At 9.45 we parted from them, and completed the ascent by a little ridge of snow which descended in the direction of the Aiguille du Moine.

In 1989, Jean-Marc Boivin made the first descent of Aiguille Vert's Nant Blanc (North Face) on skis.

[5] As part of this range, there have been a number of incidents where climbers or skiers have been killed or gone missing on Aiguille Verte.

[8] In October, a skier was killed while skiing the Whymper Couloir when he fell several hundred metres to his death.