Ascent
We start at the Télephérique de Flégère valley station in Les Pras. Quickly buy a tour ticket and get on the cable car. You have to walk the rest of the way, unless you are clever enough to cheat your way onto the Index chairlift and the Floria tugboat. At the top, you ascent and cross in a northerly direction below the Aiguille de la Floria towards the Col des Aiguilles Crochues.
At the pass through to the saddle, the slope steepens briefly and crampons may be necessary in unfavourable conditions. From here at the latest, leave the hustle and bustle of the ski resort behind you and head off to the right. Crossing slightly to the south of the foot of the Aiguille du Belvédère wall, you mostly pass over old and bumpy avalanche fields until a wide, south-facing gully opens up on the right in the wall below the Pointe du Alphonse Favre. Visible from afar, this narrows towards the top and, depending on the conditions, requires crampons. Once you have climbed through the gully and reached the top of the ridge, keep to the right and reach the summit of Pointe Alphonse Favre via an easy climb. Here you have a fantastic view of the Mont Blanc massif before descending into the couloir NW.