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    ranges. For a part of the way, between the summit of Brevent and the Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, the route coincides with the European long-distance footpath...
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    Col de Champex 1,497 m (4,911 ft) and La Forclaz, or Fenêtre d'Arpette 2,655 m (8,711 ft) (path and road, links Orsières - Trient Valley) Col de Balme...
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    mountain, l'Aiguillette, at the foot of which lies another small village, La Flatière, well known across the valley for its panoramic views, [citation...
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    road with Switzerland by the pass over the Col des Montets and the Col de la Forclaz to Martigny in the Rhône Valley. The village also lies on the route...
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    the night of 11 July 1892, an underground water pocket burst out of the Tête Rousse Glacier on the slopes of the mountains above the town. It flooded...
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    the Count of the Genevois to the great Benedictine house of St. Michel de la Cluse, near Turin, which by the early 13th century had established a priory...
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    Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Les chiffres clés du Parc national de la Vanoise, National park official web-site www.parcnational-vanoise.fr Archived...
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    des Montets, and the Col de la Forclaz to Martigny in the Rhône valley. Les Praz is the starting point for the cable car up to La Flégère, which is well...
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  • northern end of the Arête de la Lys, the ridge descending in a north-westerly direction from the Génépi towards the Col de la Forclaz. Retrieved from the Swisstopo...
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    part of the Aravis Range, in particular the summit of the Quatre Têtes (2364 m) and La Miaz (2336m). The town is bordered in the north by Magland, the...
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    department of France. It is on the road between Chamonix, the Swiss Col de la Forclaz and Martigny in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The pass is generally...
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