French Alp Climbing Records

Event Type Record Holder Time Date Notes Full Results
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.
 
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