Le Tour

Le Tour is a hamlet in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,465 metres. Le Tour is situated nearby to the hamlet Montroc, as well as near the locality Montagne de Peclerey.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Refuge alpin du Tour and Col des Montets.

Refuge alpin du Tour

Mountain hut

Refuge alpin du Tour is a refuge in the Alps in France.

Col des Montets

Mountain saddle

Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Col des Montets is a mountain pass in the French Alps in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is on the road between Chamonix, the Swiss Col de la Forclaz and Martigny in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

Aiguillette des Posettes

Peak

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

Aiguillette des Posettes is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montroc and Argentière.

Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people.

Argentière

Village

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Argentière is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of 1,252 m.