Grandes Jorasses — Pointe Croz
Named after Michel-Auguste Croz (1830–1865), the Chamonix guide who climbed with Whymper on the Matterhorn first ascent and was killed in the descent. The Croz Spur on the Jorasses north face also carries his name.
Subsidiary summit of the Grandes Jorasses ridge, named after Chamonix guide Michel Croz; the Croz Spur on the north face is one of the famous routes of the massif.
The third-highest summit of the Grandes Jorasses, named in honour of Michel Croz, the Chamonix guide who died on the descent of the Matterhorn in 1865. The Croz Spur on the north face was the first of the three classic Jorasses north-face spurs to be climbed, by Rudolf Peters and Martin Meier on 28–29 June 1935, three years before Cassin's Walker Spur. Peters had attempted the Croz Spur in 1934 with Rudolf Haringer; Haringer fell to his death on the retreat. The 1935 ascent is the founding climb of the modern north face.
Summit · huts that serve as bases for routes on this peak
- Refuge Boccalatte2,803 m