Refuge des Écrins also known as Refuge Caron, is a refuge in the Alps, in the French department of Hautes-Alpes. It stands at 3170 metres high, above...
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the usual way to the Dôme des Écrins, one of the most easily climbed 4,000 m alpine peaks. It starts from the Refuge des Écrins and climbs the north face...
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800 to 1000 metres wide. The greatest depth of ice occurs at the Refuge des Écrins where it is up to 250 metres deep, some 30 metres less than it was...
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and Slovenia. These accommodations are also called Rifugio, in Italy, and Refuge in France and French-speaking Switzerland. In Slovenia they are called Dom...
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La Meije is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins range, located at the border of the Hautes-Alpes and Isère départements. It overlooks the nearby village...
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Les Bans (3,669 m) is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the Dauphiné Alps, first climbed by W. A. B. Coolidge, Christian Almer and U. Almer on July...
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Mount Olympus (section Refuges)
Greece, as well as one of the most popular in Europe. Organized mountain refuges and various mountaineering and climbing routes are available. The usual...
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Sucre du Soreiller (3,130 m (10,269 ft)), is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps notable for its "astonishing triangular granite spear...
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Refuge du Promontoire is a refuge in the Alps located in France in the massif des Ecrins, it is just build on rock in front of the South face of La Meije...
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Coolidge is a mountain in the French Alps, which forms part of the Massif des Écrins. It bears the name of W. A. B. Coolidge, the first mountaineer to have...
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is a two-summit peak in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It is located on the crest between Barre des Écrins (4,102 metres (13,458 ft)) and La...
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Mont Blanc (section Refuges)
itinerary is called La route des Aiguilles Grises. After crossing the Miage Glacier, climbers spend the night at the Gonella refuge. The next day, one proceeds...
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mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It dominates the valleys of Valgaudemar, Valjouffrey, and Vénéon in the heart of Écrins National Park. The...
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Mount Elbrus (section Refuges)
altitude of 4,157 metres, is the Diesel refuge, offering 50 places and built in 2001 on the site of the former refuge of the 11 accidentally burned down on...
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Glacier Noir (French for "black glacier") is a glacier in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It is located in the département of Hautes-Alpes....
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Col de Manse (section Refuge Napoleon)
de Manse (1,268 m (4,160 ft)) is a mountain pass located in the Massif des Écrins approximately 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department...
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Capileira or Trevélez, but it is more common to spend a night at the mountain refuge at Poqueira, or in the bare shelter at Caldera to the west. Those making...
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GR footpath (section GR Préféré des Français)
Edition du soir Ouest-France - 13/09/2022". Ouest-France.fr. "Liste des GR® préférés des Français | randonnée en France". www.nature-randonnee.fr. "Le GR®...
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Croix de Fer pass to the east, the Drac valley to the west and the Barre des Écrins and the Provencal Alps to the south. Oisans contains and follows the Romanche...
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below of the Hania province from space [1]: There are four refuges in Lefka Ori. The Volikas Refuge was built in 1958. It is located above the village Kampi...
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metres (10,394 ft)), 18 September 1877 - First ascent of the Dôme de Neige des Écrins (3,980 metres (13,060 ft)), 21 July 1877 - First ascent of the Tête du...
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The Goûter Route (also known as the Voie Des Cristalliers and Voie Royale) is one of the two normal mountaineering routes used to reach the summit of...
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heart for decades. The mountain's ascent is usually made from the Renclusa Refuge (2,140 m). From there, the itinerary traverses the longest part of the glacier...
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Italian territory. Climbs normally start from either the Refuge Frédéric Chabod or the Refuge Victor-Emmanuel II. The latter is named after Victor Emmanuel...
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The mountain is also a well known destination for ski mountaineering. Refuge de Buffère (2.076 m). "Géoportail" (in French). IGN. Retrieved 2019-09-27...
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can be found in the Museum of Nikola Vaptsarov in Bansko and in Vihren refuge. The summit is part of the initiative of the Bulgarian Tourist Union "Conqueror...
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the Dents du Midi refuge. Access to the Dent Jaune is via the "Vire des Genevois". This route starts from the Dents du Midi refuge, crosses the Plan Nevé...
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modern Provence, then the alpin Écrins mountains represent the highest elevations of the region with the Barre des Écrins culminating at 4102m. Outside...
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the road leading to Sapienza Refuge ski area, lying at the south of the crater at elevation of 1,910 m. From the Refuge, a cableway runs uphill to an...
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technical sections, such as a chimney, protected by cables. There is a refuge, the Rifugio Galassi, which is located below the Forcella Piccola in the...
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