Mont Brouillard (4,069 m) is a mountain in the

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in the

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, being a satellite peak on the south ridge of

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and i ...

.Dumler, Helmut and Burkhardt, Willi P., ''The High Mountains of the Alps'', London: Diadem, 1993, p. 197

Toponym

Though in French this name means "mountain of mist", this toponym comes from Valdôtain Francoprovençal patois. According to Aostan botanist and scientist Joseph-Marie Henry,''Eau, acqua, éve - entre littérature, science et histoire'', éd. Duc, Saint-Christophe, p. 96. the word ''Broillà'' means "made of ''breuils''", ''Breuil'' meaning alpine marshy berm, as for Breuil in

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Ascent

The question of who made the first ascent of the peak was for a time a matter of contention. Martino Baretti and his guide Jean-Joseph Maquignaz believed that they had climbed the peak, together with Punta Baretti, on 28 July 1880, but

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showed that this was unlikely, no cairn being found when he made his ascent on 10 July 1906 with

Oscar Eckenstein Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9 September 1859 – 8 April 1921) was an English rock climbing, rock climber and mountaineering, mountaineer, and a pioneer in the sport of bouldering. Inventor of the modern crampon, he was an innovator in cl ...

and Alexis Brocherel.Dumler, Helmut and Burkhardt, Willi P., op. cit., p. 198 Later research showed that the time that Baretti gave for the traverse between Punta Baretti and Mont Brouillard was "half that required". The Brouillard ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc does not cross Mont Brouillard, being separated from the peak by the Col Emile Rey.

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