page_title: Grandes Jorasses
hierarchical_section_title: Grandes Jorasses
context_page_description: The Grandes Jorasses is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.
  The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg, Johann Jaun and Julien Grange on 30 June 1868. The second-highest peak on the mountain was first climbed by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Michel Croz and Franz Biner on 24 June 1865, using what has become the normal route of ascent and the one followed by Walker's party in 1868.
  The summits on the mountain are:
  Pointe Walker – named after Horace Walker, who made the first ascent of the mountain
  Pointe Whymper – named after Edward Whymper, who made the first ascent of this, the second-highest summit
  Pointe Croz – named after Michel Croz, a guide from Chamonix
  Pointe Elena – named after Princess Elena of Savoy
  Pointe Margherita – named after Queen Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I of Italy
  Pointe Young – named after Geoffrey Winthrop Young
context_section_description: The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary  between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.
  The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain (Pointe Walker) was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg, Johann Jaun and Julien Grange on 30 June 1868. The second-highest peak on the mountain (Pointe Whymper, 4,184 m; 13,727 ft) was first climbed by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Michel Croz and Franz Biner on 24 June 1865, using what has become the normal route of ascent and the one followed by Walker's party in 1868.
  The summits on the mountain (from east to west) are:
  Pointe Walker (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) – named after Horace Walker, who made the first ascent of the mountain
  Pointe Whymper (4,184 m; 13,727 ft) – named after Edward Whymper, who made the first ascent of this, the second-highest summit
  Pointe Croz (4,110 m; 13,484 ft) – named after Michel Croz, a guide from Chamonix
  Pointe Elena (4,045 m; 13,271 ft) – named after Princess Elena of Savoy
  Pointe Margherita (4,065 m; 13,337) – named after Queen Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I of Italy
  Pointe Young (3,996 m; 13,110 ft) – named after Geoffrey Winthrop Young
caption: North face of the Grandes Jorasses and the Leschaux Glacier (September 2000)
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "NIKON", "Image Model": "E990", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2005:10:31 11:06:38", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "236", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "858", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6378", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/609", "EXIF FNumber": "7", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0210", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2000:09:12 12:30:31", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2000:09:12 12:30:31", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "2", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "7/2", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Spot", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "41/5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "600", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "800", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "732", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed"}