Great North Faces of the Alps

The 6 great north faces are a series of faces in the Swiss, French and Italian Alps which were a major preoccupation for alpinists in the 1930s, with many parties vying to be the first to climb each face.

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6 entries on the list.

Climb Mountain Grade
1 Comici-Dimai Tre Cime E3
2 Cassin Route Piz Badile TD
3 The North Face Les Drus TD+
4 Walker Spur Grandes Jorasses ED1
5 North Face Original Route Matterhorn ED1
6 The 1938 Route Eiger ED2