Étienne Favier performed the
first ascent dates on 16 August 1859, via the valley of
Eau d'Olle and the
Lac De Belledonne. He repeated that ascent on 17 August 1873 with his son, Émile Viallet and Auguste Michel. In 1875, the Société des Touristes du Dauphiné constructed the refuge of Belledonne (now in ruins) above the "lac de Belledonne". The corridor separating the Grand Peak from the Central peak is named after the alpinist
Auguste Reynier who, in 1891, made the first climb via the Freydane
glacier. In 1944,
Gaston Rébuffat was the first to climb the mountain from the north, accompanied by Michel Chevalier. File:Sunset on Grand Pic de Belledonne.jpg|Sunset on Grand Pic de Belledonne File:Moonrise on Grand Pic de Belledonne.jpg|Moonrise on Grand Pic de Belledonne File:Grand Pic de Belledonne.jpg|Grand Pic de Belledonne seen from the West ==References==