car stops), Mont Blanc seems quite close, being 1,000 m (3,300 ft) higher. But while the peak looks deceptively close, the La Voie des 3 Monts route (known...
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around the Mont-Blanc massif, an anti-clockwise start in Chamonix would lead through the Chamonix (or Arve) valley, then Montjoie, Vallée des Glaciers,...
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height, including the Grandes Jorasses, Rochefort Ridge, Dent du Géant, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc and its western satellite, the Aiguille de Bionnassay. From...
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The Mont Blanc Tunnel (French: Tunnel du Mont-Blanc, Italian: Traforo del Monte Bianco) is a highway tunnel between France and Italy, under Mont Blanc...
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Chamonix (redirect from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc)
premier téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, dit "des Glaciers", à Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Éditions des Rochers. ISBN 9782746641556. Retrieved 14 June 2017...
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Dent du Géant (It.: Dente del Gigante, "giant's tooth") (4,013 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy. The Dent du Géant remained...
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Goûter Route (redirect from Modern normal route on the French side of Mont Blanc)
known as the Voie Des Cristalliers and Voie Royale) is one of the two normal mountaineering routes used to reach the summit of Mont Blanc in the Alps...
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The Mont Blanc tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is the highest in France...
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after scaling Mont Blanc on a section dubbed "the corridor of death" Climbers and guide die in latest Mont Blanc tragedy La hausse des températures rend...
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Aiguille du Midi (category Mont Blanc massif)
ascent of the Cosmiques ridge. The Traverse of Mont Blanc, also known in French as La Voie des Trois Mont Blancs or just La Traversée, is a long route,...
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Cosmiques Hut (redirect from Refuge des Cosmiques)
The Cosmiques Hut (French: Refuge des Cosmiques) is a mountain hut in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps at an altitude of 3,613 m (11,854 ft). It...
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Talefre, whilst the latter is, in turn, fed by the Glacier des Periardes, the vast Glacier du Géant and the broad icefields of the Vallee Blanche. The Glacier...
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Grandes Jorasses (category Mont Blanc massif)
(French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʒɔʁas]; 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...
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is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is located above the Glacier du Géant, under the East face of Mont Blanc du Tacul and opposite...
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biking and rock climbing. Mont Blanc (4,810 m) Aiguille du Dru (3,754 m) Aiguille Verte (4,122 m) Mer de Glace, Dent du Géant (4,013 m) and Grandes Jorasses...
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Soudal–Quick-Step. He has completed all three of the Grand Tours. 2017 2nd La Route des Géants 6th Overall Driedaagse van Axel 1st Young rider classification 6th La...
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Col des Montets (elevation 1,461 m or 4,793 ft) is a mountain pass in the French Alps in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is on the road between...
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(with several variations) undertaken on foot or by ski touring between the Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France, and the Matterhorn, in Zermatt, Switzerland. First...
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Mont Dolent (3,823 metres (12,543 ft)) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif and lies on the border between Italy, Switzerland and France. As a mountain...
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des communes de la Vallée d'Aoste et protection de la toponymie locale), a referendum was carried out to change the official name to Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc...
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The Aiguille des Grands Charmoz (3,445 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France. v t e "Aiguille des Grands Charmoz : Climbing...
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Les Houches (section École de Physique des Houches)
School of Les Houches (l'École de Physique des Houches). Marie Paradis (1778-1839), the first woman to climb Mont Blanc (in July 1808). The Bellevue chair...
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"Société des Arts" (1776), inspired by the London Society for the Improvement of Arts. Beginning in 1774, Saussure sought to reach the summit of Mont Blanc...
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over the Col des Montets and the Col de la Forclaz to Martigny in the Rhône Valley. The village also lies on the route of the scenic Mont-Blanc Express...
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Ultra Trail Tor des Géants Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 2013 Ronda dels Cims (2013 Skyrunner World Series race) Eiger Ultra Trail Tor des Géants 2014 Hong Kong...
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Maudit (1878) Dürrenhorn (1879) Aiguille des Grands Charmoz, Olan (1880) Aiguille du Grépon (1881) Dent du Géant (1882) Bishorn (1884) Aiguille Blanche...
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2001, Les 3 Monts editions, pp. 32-36 (ISBN 2-909735-46-X) Joël Labruyère, L'État inquisiteur — La spiritualité en danger!, 2000, Les 3 Monts editions,...
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the gorge is riddled with deep geological structures known as marmites des géants (potholes). In summer it is popular with walkers, who follow the water...
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Aiguille du Dru (category Mont Blanc massif)
511–512 Ravanel, Ludovic; Philip Deline (2008). "La face ouest des Drus (massif du Mont-Blanc): évolution de l'instabilité d'une paroi rocheuse dans la...
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and the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Freney on the south side of Mont Blanc in 1961 with Don Whillans, Ian Clough and Jan Dlugosz (Poland). In...
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