02 Feb Rappel toi que tu es un gnome

 
Jonathan Joly, Alpine Guide based in Briançon, has repeated on Jan.31,  the difficult ice fall Rappel toi que tu es un gnome, 200 m IV/6 in Vallée du Rabioux, south of Argentière la Bessée. The icefall was opened on a severe vertical wall, back on 1999 by R.Borgis, D.Charignon and S.Foissac.
 
Jonathan found the ice in very different conditions, dry, fat, soft, very wet…but overall good and in a great ambience.
 
Approach: From Chateauxroux (located on N94 between Gap and Argentière la Bessée, take D463 until to a little chapel and then D863 direction Chameyer. From here the route goes into the vallée du Rabioux: follow it, until allowed by the snow conditions.
 
Rappel toi que tu es un gnome is the icefall on the extreme right of the big wall
 
Topo: Brianconnais – Argentierois – Embrunais  R.Borgis and P. Turin
Source: Jonathan Joly