Location Val d'Aosta, Italy First ascent 30 August 1877 Parent range Mont Blanc massif | Elevation 4,041 m Mountain range Mont Blanc massif | |
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Easiest route Via the Brouillard glacier from the refuge Monzino, passing the Eccles bivouac hut First ascenders James Eccles, Alphonse Payot, Michel Payot Similar Punta Baretti, Picco Luigi Amedeo, Mont Brouillard, Aiguille du Jardin, Dôme de Rochefort | ||
Pic Eccles (4,041 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Val d'Aosta, Italy. It lies at the foot of the Innominata ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc. The mountain is named after the English mountaineer and geologist James Eccles.
Map of Pic Eccles, 11013 Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Although the mountain was probably climbed on 31 August 1874 by J. G. A. Marshal with guides Johann Fisher and Ulrich Almer, the first certain ascent was on 30–31 August 1877 by James Eccles with guides Alphonse and Michel Payot during the first ascent of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur.
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