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Franco-Argentina
5.11 YDS 6c+ French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E4 5c British AI3 Steep Snow
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Routes in Cerro Chaltén (Cerro Fitz Roy)
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Afannassief T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Care Bear Traverse T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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El Corazón T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b C1 |
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Franco-Argentina T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c AI3 Steep Snow |
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Supercanaleta T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a WI4 M5-6 Steep Snow PG13 |
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| Type: | Trad, Ice, Snow, Alpine, 2130 ft (645 m), 14 pitches, Grade V |
| FA: | Guido Magnone and Lionel Terray (France), 2/2/1952. Alberto Bendinger, Eduardo Brenner, Marcos Couch and Peter Friedrich (Argentina), 10/3/1984. |
| Page Views: | 5,616 total · 101/month |
| Shared By: | Priti Wright on Mar 5, 2019 |
| Admins: | Mauricio Herrera Cuadra |
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Description
Franco-Argentina is a highly aesthetic line combining glacier travel, steep snow, mixed terrain, and hard/pure rock climbing. The technical portion of the route is 650m long containing 14 (or so) rock/mixed pitches up to 5.11b (or 5.10b/C1...heavy emphasis on the C1) and many hundreds of meters of 45-55deg hard snow/ice.
Location
Starting from the town of El Chaltén which sits at roughly 1,300 feet, you ascend 9,710 vertical feet over 10.5mi to reach the summit of Cerro Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén) which towers over all the surrounding granite spires of the Chaltén Massif. The upper summit slopes require crampons, boots, and ice tools which were carried in a single pack by the follower.
Approach to Paso Superior. Bivy options here at the col.
Traverse snowy glacier to base of La Brecha and ascend la Brecha de los Italianos. Bivy options available, but can be windy.
Ascend to La Silla, and the base of the route is at the toe of the steep snow slope directly above.
Approach to Paso Superior. Bivy options here at the col.
Traverse snowy glacier to base of La Brecha and ascend la Brecha de los Italianos. Bivy options available, but can be windy.
Ascend to La Silla, and the base of the route is at the toe of the steep snow slope directly above.
Protection
Double Rack to 3 with triples .4-1, single #4, 4 ice screws (1 shorty), 1 picket each (approach only), 60m single rope, 60m Esprit pull cord, steel hybrid crampons, 2 tools each on approach (we brought two tools total on route, although many parties bring three tools total on route).
Fixed piton anchors
Fixed piton anchors
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