Cosmiques Hut
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The Cosmiques Hut is a mountain hut in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps at an altitude of 3,613 m. It is a large structure capable of accommodating 148 mountaineers. It was constructed in 1990
Cosmiques Hut
View from Aiguille du Midi showing position of Cosmiques Hut
Cosmiques Hut with mountaineers illegally camping on the Vallee Blanche below, 2010 July
Aiguille du Dru in 2006
Chamonix
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known simply as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter
The Chamonix Valley seen in 2010 from La Flégère with Mont Blanc in the background
Horace Bénédict de Saussure, with Jacques Balmat (left) who points towards the summit of Mont Blanc, Monument at Chamonix.
Chamonix Valley: crossing the glacier on foot (between 1902 and 1904)
Front and façade of the Chamonix - Mont-Blanc railway station.