Pic Gaspard

Pic Gaspard
Highest point
Elevation	3,883 m (12,740 ft)
Coordinates	44°59′54″N 6°19′51″E / 44.99833°N 6.33083°E / 44.99833; 6.33083
Geography
Pic Gaspard France
Location	Hautes-Alpes, France
Parent range	Massif des Écrins
Climbing
First ascent	6 July 1878 by Henry Duhamel with Pierre Gaspard father and son, and Christophe Roderon
Easiest route	Versant E (PD)

Pic Gaspard (3,883 m) is a mountain in the French Alps, one of the tallest in the Massif des Écrins. It was named in honor of the celebrated L'Oisans guide Pierre Gaspard, conqueror of La Meije on 16 August 1877 in the company of Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau.

Pic Gaspard was climbed for the first time in 1878 by Henry Duhamel, along with Pierre Gaspard and his eldest son, and Christophe Roderon, by a route that has become the normal one. Subsequently, several routes were opened including the south-southeast arête conquered by Lucien Devies and Giusto Gervasutti in 1935, and that of the north face defeated by Albert Tobey and Louis Berger in 1948.

Pic Gaspard has the record for being subject of the longest photographed line of sight anywhere in the world. On 16 July 2016, photographer Marc Bret captured its image from the summit of Pic de Finestrelles, 443 km away.^[1]

References

• Labande, François (1995). Partie nord : Râteau, Soreiller, Meije, Grande Ruine. Guide du Haut-Dauphiné : Massif des Écrins. Vol. 1. Éditions de l'envol.
• Bordes, Gerard (1976). Grande Encyclopédie de la Montagne. Vol. 4. Paris: Atlas. 2400 pages.

This page was last edited on 19 January 2024, at 20:03