Aiguille des Glaciers

#1472 among destinations in France

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Aiguille des Glaciers is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the Graian Alps. It lies on the borders of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1878Elevation: 12520 ftProminence: 981 ftCoordinates: 45°46'17"N, 6°47'43"E

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Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesFrance

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Aiguille des Glaciers – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tour Ronde, Dôme du Goûter, Aiguille de Bionnassay, Mont Joly.

7.4 miNE
Climbing
Tour Ronde, Mont Blanc
189 min walk • The Tour Ronde is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, situated on the border between France and Italy. It is a prominent mountain, some 3.5 km north-east of Mont Blanc, but is effectively part of a continuation of the south eastern spur of Mont Maudit which forms a frontier ridge between the two countries.
5.4 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Dôme du Goûter, Mont Blanc
139 min walk • The Dôme du Goûter is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif. It is a shoulder of Mont Blanc, whose summit lies two kilometres to the south-east. The Dôme is traversed on ascents of Mont Blanc via the Bosses route.
4.6 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Aiguille de Bionnassay, Mont Blanc
118 min walk • The Aiguille de Bionnassay is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps in France and Italy. It has been described as "one of the most attractive satellite peaks of Mont Blanc", and is located on its western side.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mont Joly
159 min walk • Mont Joly is a mountain in the Beaufortain Massif in Haute-Savoie, France.
5.8 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Aiguille du Goûter, Mont Blanc
148 min walk • Aiguille du Goûter is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of Haute-Savoie, France.
3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dômes de Miage
78 min walk • The Dômes de Miage are a line of mountain peaks in the south of the Mont Blanc massif that reach a height of 3,673 metres. The snow-covered arête from which they rise is over three kilometres long.
2.5 miS
45°44'14"N • 6°46'45"E
Refuge des Mottets, Bourg-Saint-Maurice
63 min walk • Hiking, Alpine hut
5.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe Bayeux, Mont Blanc
145 min walk • Pointe Bayeux is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France. It lies in the Mont Blanc Massif range. It has an altitude of 4258 metres above sea level.
7.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Cormet de Roselend
188 min walk • Cormet de Roselend is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France. It connects Beaufort in the Beaufortain valley and Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the Tarentaise Valley.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mont Tondu
51 min walk • Mont Tondu is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Mont Blanc massif and has an elevation of 3,196 metres above sea level.
5.5 miNE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Western Alps, Mont Blanc
140 min walk • The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine range including the southeastern part of France, the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy and the southwestern part of Switzerland.

Aiguille des Glaciers

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Aiguille des Glaciers – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)