The peak · FR/IT · Mont Blanc Alps
Grandes Jorasses — Pointe Marguerite
4,066 m
Named after Marguerite Walker, daughter of Horace Walker, in the same set of family namings as Pointe Hélène.
Coordinates45.8678° N · 6.9819° E
UIAA rank№ 61 / 82
CountriesFrance · Italy
Normal gradeAD · assez difficile
First ascent1898 · Luigi Amedeo di Savoia (Duke of the Abruzzi) with Joseph Petigax, Laurent Croux & César Ollier
Typical seasonJuly to August
Sub-summit on the western Grandes Jorasses ridge, named after Queen Margherita of Italy; usually climbed as part of the full Jorasses traverse.
Named for Marguerite Walker, the daughter of Horace Walker. The Pointe is one of the lesser summits on the long east-west ridge of the Grandes Jorasses. Its first ascent as a separate summit is conventionally dated to the late 1890s, when the Sella brothers and the Maquignaz guides made systematic separate ascents of the Jorasses sub-summits during the surveying campaigns of the Club Alpino Italiano.
Summit · huts that serve as bases for routes on this peak
AD · assez difficile
Vertical / summit day2,670 m gain · 9h
Westernmost of the five named Jorasses sub-summits. Most parties descend the Col des Hirondelles or continue across to the Col des Grandes Jorasses (Bivacco Canzio) from here. Exposed mixed terrain (II–III).
Huts on this route
- Refuge Boccalatte2,803 m