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An extract from the upcoming English edition of Mont Blanc Lines by Alex Buisse, a collection of stories and photos celebrating the finest climbing and skiing lines of the Mont Blanc massif.
One of the most popular venues of the massif since the opening of the Aiguille du Midi cable car, Mont Blanc du Tacul, like the neighbouring Dôme du Goûter, is of little actual interest as a summit, except perhaps for collectors of 4,000-metre peaks. it is above all the first of the `Trois Monts´, a waypoint on the road to Mont Blanc via its second normal route. Its east face is an immense playground combining ease of access with every imaginable difficulty in every alpine discipline (rock, ice, snow, steep skiing, paragliding, base jumping and even highlining).
In the spring, some approaches don't require a single uphill metre thanks to the proximity of Vallée Blanche. The face, nearly two kilometres wide, is a succession of couloirs and spurs, some of which are so detached that they have become satellites in their own right. From south to north, we find the Chandelle, Clocher, Trident, Grand and Petit Capucins, Roi de Siam, Pointe Adolphe Rey, the Pyramide and finally Pointes Lachenal.
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