Refuge du Couvercle / Refuge de Leschaux
A short, very steep climb above Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The gradient is steady, with no stretch much steeper than the 25.3% average. Expect 9 to 15 minutes. With 4.7 TEP it lands near the middle of the catalogue. It faces south: warm in summer, and often clear of snow when the slopes around it are not. Graded demanding alpine hiking: exposed scrambling where a slip has consequences. The nearest named summit, Tête du Couvercle at 2,735 m, is 574 m away.
- TEP
- 4.7
- Climb
- +145 m
- Distance
- 0.6 km
- Average grade
- 25.3%
- Time
- 9 to 15 min
Climbs nearby
- Balcon de la Mer de Glace (Charpoua / Couvercle), 1.5 km at 22.1%, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (1.4 km away)
- Balcon de la Mer de Glace (Charpoua / Couvercle), 746 m at 40.4% (1.5 km away)
- Balcon de la Mer de Glace (Charpoua / Couvercle), 1.7 km at 26.2%, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (1.6 km away)
- Refuge du Couvercle / Refuge de Leschaux, 531 m at 33.2% (1.8 km away)
- Accès Refuge Envers des Aiguilles, 2.0 km at 22.3% (2.5 km away)
- Accès Refuge Requin, 531 m at 41.2%, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (3.6 km away)
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