The Aiguille du Midi 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.
The Aiguille du Midi in summer
A panoramic view of Mont Blanc from Aiguille du Midi
Mont Blanc View from L'Aguille du Midi
View over Les Houches
The Mont Blanc massif is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major independent summits, each over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height. It is named after Mont Blanc, the highest point in western Europe and the European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers, which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacier – the longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively.
Aerial view of western half of the Mont Blanc massif, seen from the Italian side.
Mont Blanc massif (west)
Mont Blanc massif (east)
Glacier travel – beginners learning the ropes on the Aiguille des Grands Montets