Event | Type | Record Holder | Time | Date | Notes | Full Results |
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Mont Blanc (4810m) from Courmayeur | solo - roundtrip | Fabio Meraldi | 6h45m | ? | Highest peak in the Alps. 54 kilometers. | |
Mont Blanc (4810m) from Chamonix | roundtrip - used skis for descent. | Pierre Gignoux and Stéphane Brosse | 5h15m47s | 5/30/03 | They started from Chamonix (1200m) at 6 am reaching the first hut at the Grand Mulets, 3,051m, the Vallot hut, crossed the Cresta dei Bosses and summitted after 4h7’. Just over an hour for the descent and the record was theirs.It is the best performance ever for this style of mountaineering: trail running shoes from the start to the glacier, then ski mountaineering clothing and equipment, harness and rope to the top. | reference |
Dôme de Neige (4,050m) | ascent | Jean Pellissier | 2h0m | 7/3/99 | from Ailefroide (1507m), Hautes Alpes to the summit. | |
Dôme de Neige (4,050m) | ascent - female | Alexia Zuberer | 2h41m | 7/3/99 | from Ailefroide (1507m), Hautes Alpes to the summit. | |
Dôme de Neige (4,050m) | roundtrip | Adriano Greco | 4h18m | 1,507m to the summit and back over the full marathon distance (42 km). The gain and distance for this is very similar to the Pikes Peak Marathon, but the terrain is more technical. | ||
West Face of the Dru | solo | Christophe Profit | 3h10m | 6/30/82 | Helicoptered to the base of the route and then met at the start of the mixed climbing with his ice gear. The time is just for the face and not clear to the summit. Climbing on this route is up to 5.11/12. He carried no rope or harness and free soloed the entire 900-meter route. | Mont Blanc: Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps |
North Face of Les Droites, North Face of the Aiguille de Talefre, and the Linceul (Shroud) of the Grand Jorasses | solo | Christophe Profit | 22h | winter 1983 | ||
Northeast couloir of the Dru | solo | Christophe Profit | 4h | 1980 | ||
Hypercouloir of Brouillard | solo | Christophe Profit | 6h | 1984 | ||
Great Peuterey Ridge | solo | Jean-Marc Boivin | 10h30m | 1983 | ||
Great Peuterey Ridge | winter solo | Christophe Profit | 19h | 1989 | Profit had previously done the ridge in the winter of 1985 in 32 hours. | |
Linceul (Shroud) Route on the Grandes Jorasses | solo | Jean-Marc Boivin | 2h45m | 1977 | ||
North Face of the Pilier d'Angle, the Piola Direct Route and the Central Pillar Route | team | Christophe Profit and Thierry Renault | <24h | 1984 | ||
Four pillars of the Freney | team | Christophe Profit and Dominque Radigue | 24h | 1984 | ||
North Face of the Eiger, North Face of the Matterhorn, and the Shroud on the Grande Jorasses | solo | Christophe Profit | <24h | 1985 | Eiger in 6h45m, Matterhorn in 4h, and the Grand Jorasses via the Shroud in 4 hours. Used helicopter support to enchain. |
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North Face of the Eiger, North Face of the Matterhorn, and the Shroud on the Grande Jorasses | winter solo | Christophe Profit | 42h | winter 1987 | Used helicopter support to enchain. | |
North Face of the Verte, North Face of Les Droites, Swiss Route on the Courtes, and the Shroud on the Grandes Jorasses | solo | Jean-Marc Boivin | <24h | March 1987 | ||
Great Peuterey Ridge to the Walker Spur on the Grandes Jorasses | solo | Fred Vimal | 48m | Summer 1990 | Vimal paraskied down from Mt. Blanc's summit to the base of the Jorasses | |
American Direct on the Dru, Great Peuterey Ridge to the Walker Spur on the Grandes Jorasses | solo | Alain Ghersen | 66h | Summer 1990 | ||
Bonatti Pillar on the Dru | solo | Catherine Destiville | 5h | 1990 |