Patrick Gabarrou


Patrick Gabarrou a.k.a. "Le Gab", is a French mountaineer and mountain guide who is credited with more than 300 first ascents, most of them in the Mont Blanc massif.
He has been the president of the international environmental NGO Mountain Wilderness from 2006 to 2010. He is mostly an ice climber, and is considered to be a pioneer of the modern wave of ice climbing.
He also opened routes in several other regions like Canada, Bolivia and Patagonia.
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First ascents

Mountain routes

Boivin-Gabarrou on the north face of Les Droites, 1975Supercouloir and Gabarrou-Albinoni on Mont Blanc du TaculHypercouloir on Mont Blanc, 1982Divine Providence on the Grand Pilier d'Angle, 1984Gabarrou-Silvy on the Aiguille Sans Nom, 1985Directissime on the Grandes Jorasses, 1986Aux amis disparus on the Matterhorn Directissime de la Margerita on Monte Rosa, 1992Alexis on Point Whymper of the Grandes Jorasses, 1993 A Leï on the Grandes Jorasses, February 2003Heidi on the Grandes Jorasses, 17–21 March 2005Ciao Walter on Mont-Blanc, 2012Brigite on the Arête des Grands Montets, 5 April 2013René Croft between the Boivin-Gabarrou and the Barnoud-Marsigny on the north face of Les Droites, 25–26 April 2013Padre Pio, Une Echelle Vers le Ciel on the south face of Matterhorn, 2015

Ice climbs

Cascade Notre Dame, 700 m, V, WI6, 1984Freneysie Pascale, 1984Abominette, 700 m, IV, 5.8, WI3, 1984Fantomastic, 700 m, V, WI6, 1985Patagonic, 700 m, M6, V+, WI6, A1, 2003

Skiing