Miage-Bionnassay is a four day high altitude route. Start from the small ski resort of Contamines-Montjoie in the valley south of St Gervais, and on the first day hike up to Refuge des Conscrits at 2602 m. Next day cross Dômes de Miages to spend the night at Refuge de Plan Glacier (2730 m). Built into…
La Voie des 3 Monts or La Traversée is the route that looks like an afternoon stroll when viewed from Aiguille du Midi. It isn’t – the clue’s in the name “3 Monts”, which add up to 5 once you’ve lumped there and back, and you need two nights on the mountain. The standard plan is to ride…
Voie Royale – known as the Voie Normale. The most popular route, taking three days, is the Voie Royale – indeed it’s become known as the Voie Normale. First take the Mont Blanc Tramway – the rack railway – from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. This climbs via Bellevue (1794 m) to Nid d’Aigle at 2380 m. If you’re staying in Chamonix you can…
Mont Blanc is the highest summit of Western Europe, on the border between France and Italy. The mountain is usually accessed from Chamonix in France but can be approached from Courmayeur in Italy. The rock peak of Mont Blanc is 4792 m high, but this is overlain by a thick cap of snow and ice that grows or shrinks slightly according to…
Sisteron is an attractive town (‘commune’) in France, in the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Its population in (1999) was 6,964 and in the région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The inhabitants are called the ‘Sisteronnais’. It is situated on the banks of the River Durance just after the confluences of the rivers Buech and Sasse. It is sometimes called the ‘Porte de la Provence’ (The Gateway…
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