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The Mont Blanc massif includes eleven independent and six subsidiary summits over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height. These (including Mont Blanc) are shared between Italy and France only, the highest in Switzerland being the Aiguille d'Argentière.
The Mont Blanc massif is being put forward as a potential World Heritage Site because of its uniqueness and cultural importance considered the birthplace and symbol of modern mountaineering. [60] It would require the three governments of Italy, France and Switzerland to request UNESCO for it to be listed.
The Aiguille du Midi (French pronunciation: [eɡɥij dy midi], "Needle at midday" [2]) 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 and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc. [3]
The Grandes Jorasses (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 in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain ( Pointe Walker ) was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg , Johann Jaun and Julien ...
The Aiguille du Grépon (literally the Needle of Grépon), informally known as The Grepon, is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France.The Grepon has a Southern (3,482 m) and Northern (3,478 m) peak, which are the highest points of a sharp granite ridge to the east of the Glacier des Nantillons above Chamonix and northeast of the Aiguille du Midi.
Bossons Glacier in 2014 Bossons Glacier in 1830 Bossons Glacier in 1890 Bossons Glacier and Taconnaz Glacier from Aiguille du Midi, 2009. The Bossons Glacier is one of the larger glaciers of the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, found in the Chamonix valley of Haute-Savoie département, south-eastern France.
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Their route consisted of twelve pitches of granite grooves and strenuous cracks, eventually leading to mixed terrain toward the summit. This new line opened up a fresh challenge for modern climbers, further cementing the Aiguille du Jardin as a sought-after, but still relatively under-explored, peak in the Mont Blanc massif. [2]