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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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    (60 mi). Northeast of Mont Blanc's summit, the tunnel is about 15 km (10 mi) southwest of the tripoint with Switzerland, near Mont Dolent. The agreement between...
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    borders of all three countries converge at a tripoint near the summit of Mont Dolent at an altitude of 3,820 metres (12,533 ft). From here the French – Italian...
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    Mont Blanc massif, the border between Italy and France passes along most of the main Alpine watershed, from the Aiguille des Glaciers to Mont Dolent,...
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    The Tour du Mont Blanc or TMB is one of the most popular long-distance walks in Europe. It circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering a distance of roughly...
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    for 744 kilometres (462 mi), from the French-Swiss-Italian tripoint at Mont Dolent in the west to the Austrian-Swiss-Italian tripoint near Piz Lad in the...
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    expeditions in the Mont Blanc massif and the Pennine Alps, among them the first recorded ascents of the Aiguille d'Argentière and Mont Dolent in 1864, and the...
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    Chamonix (redirect from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc)
    Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune...
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    it is about 15 km (10 mi) southwest of Mont Dolent, the tripoint with Switzerland. The refuge is in the Mont Blanc massif above the town of Courmayeur...
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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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    popular tourist destination when alpinism arose, thanks to its proximity to Mont Blanc. Under the Fascist regime and its "Italianist" rule, the town was briefly...
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    from the Graioceli Celtic tribe, which dwelled in the area surrounding the Mont Cenis pass and the Viù valley. Other sources claim that the name comes from...
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    walking (or 7+ days skiing) for the 180 km from the Chamonix valley, home of Mont Blanc, to Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn. Originally dubbed "The High Level...
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  • up to the Goûter Refuge (3,835 metres (12,582 ft)) on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. This area is a well-known accident "black spot" in dry conditions...
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    of Orsières (900 m). It sits at the foot of Mont Dolent (3,823 m) and the Tour Noir (3,836m) in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is a starting point for...
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    Rouges du Dolent, a small range situated between the Tour Noir and Mont Dolent. Other important summits of the Aiguilles Rouges du Dolent are: north...
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  • Kanguru, Nepal - first ascent of route. 1991 Blanchard-Twight on Les Droites, Mont Blanc Massif, French Alps - hard new route with Mark Twight. 1999 M-16, East...
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     'Sea of Ice') is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and 200 metres (660 ft)...
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    Les Droites (category Mont Blanc massif)
    face on the 10-km-long ridge that stretches from the Aiguille Verte to Mont Dolent. The first route to be made on it was via the central couloir on the...
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    the French–Italian and Swiss–Italian borders, at a point just west of Mont Dolent, 45°55′22″N 7°02′39″E / 45.9227°N 7.0441°E / 45.9227; 7.0441 and at...
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    07°02′40″E / 45.92306°N 7.04444°E / 45.92306; 7.04444) near the top of Mont Dolent (3,820 m), in the French commune of Chamonix (department of Haute-Savoie)...
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    Open bergschrunds at Mont Dolent...
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    the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Taking over three years to construct, it opened in 2015 at...
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    Aiguille du Midi (category Mont Blanc massif)
    midi], "Needle at midday") is a 3,842-metre-tall (12,605 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination...
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    flooding. St Gervais les Bains (also referred to as St Gervais or St Gervais Mont Blanc) is a traditional French market and spa town, not a recently purpose...
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    The Mont Blanc tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [tʁamwɛ dy mɔ̃ blɑ̃], TMB) is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie department...
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    Located on the eastern side of the Mont Blanc massif on the ridge between Mont Dolent and Grandes Jorasses, the mountain is usually climbed from Val Ferret...
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    mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m (4,108 ft). Argentière is located near the...
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    one of the two normal mountaineering routes used to reach the summit of Mont Blanc in the Alps, ascending to a height of 4,808 metres (15,774 ft). The...
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    Grenze auf der Strecke zwischen Run Do oder Cima Garibaldi und Mont Dolent, 24 July 1941), with an additional exchange of about half a square kilometer...
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