Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey

The keystone of the Peuterey ridge — the longest ridge in the Alps to any summit (more than 4500 m of cumulative ascent from Val Veni to Mont Blanc). Climbed on 31 July 1885 by the English alpinist Henry Seymour King with three Saas and Courmayeur guides led by Émile Rey, the great Courmayeur guide of the late 19th century. The traverse of the Aiguille Blanche on the way to Mont Blanc via the integral Peuterey ridge — taking in the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (below 4000 m and outside the UIAA list), the Aiguille Blanche, the Grand Pilier d'Angle and Mont Blanc de Courmayeur — is still considered one of the supreme ridge traverses of the Alps.