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Courmayeur and the Mont Blanc. At an elevation of 1,224 m (4,016 ft) above sea level, it is located at the foot of the southern side of Mont Blanc, at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) the highest point in the Alps and western Europe (see Seven Summits), and is crossed by the Dora Baltea (fr. Doire baltée) river.
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur (French: [mɔ̃ blɑ̃ də kuʁmajœʁ]; Italian: Monte Bianco di Courmayeur) is a point (4,748 m (15,577 ft)) on the south-east ridge of Mont Blanc that forms the peak of the massive south-east face of the mountain.
Pages in category "Courmayeur" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 1781, a man from Courmayeur, Jean-Michel Truchet, proposed to the priest Jean-Martin Dondeynaz to build a chapel where the statue stood. This project was approved by Aosta's Bishop Pierre-François de Sales, and the building process began in 1782. [2] The chapel was demolished by the Brenva Glacier in 1800, and immediately rebuilt. In the ...
The garden is situated on a high ridge south of Mont Blanc, and contains a rockery, alpine pasture, talus slopes, and wetlands.Snow covers the area for 8 to 9 months per year, to a depth of 3–4 metres, disappearing in late June.
Skyway Monte Bianco is a cable car in the Italian Alps, linking 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 a cost of 110 million euros, and is considered to be the world's most expensive cable car installation.
The Vallée Blanche Cable Car (Italian: Funivia dei Ghiacciai; French: Télécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc, previously Télécabine de la Vallée Blanche) is a passenger cable car linking a mountain peak above Courmayeur to a peak above Chamonix by passing over the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps.
Chécrouit Lake (2,165m) lies on the right side of the Val Veny, near Courmayeur. On the opposite side you can see Mont Blanc, the Dent du Géant (4,013 m ) and the Brenva Glacier. At the entrance of the valley lies the shrine of Our Lady of Healing ( French : Notre-Dame-de-guérison ).