Aiguilles Marbrées

The Aiguilles Marbrées (3,535 metres (11,598 ft)), (French pronunciation: [eɡɥijmaʁbʁe], literally "marbled needles") is a mountain peak in the Mont Blanc massif, above the Glacier du Géant, with its summits forming part of the frontier between France and Italy.

[2]: 138 The Aiguilles Marbrées was first climbed on 17 August 1876 by Lionel Dècle, Henry Devouassod and Edouard Coupelin, who reached its highest point via the NE slope.

[3] The first ascent of the lower southern summit was made on 22 July 1989 by A. Hess, O. Leitz and Laurent Croux from the Col du Géant and E Arête.

[3] The summit is normally reached by an ascent of its northeastern ridge, from the Col de Rochefort (3,389 metres (11,119 ft)).

Both conventional surveying and photogrammetry were employed in order to create a geo-referenced digital elevation model of the mountain.

Aiguilles Marbrées (in foreground) viewed from near Torino Hut . In background: Dent du Géant (centre) and Grandes Jorasses (right)