Argentière Hut
The Argentière Hut is a refuge in the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps. Built in 1974 by the Club Alpin Français, it is located above the north bank of the Argentière Glacier in France at an altitude of 2,691 meters above sea level.Photo: Oxensepp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Altisurface du Glacier d’Argentière and Les Droites.
Altisurface du Glacier d’Argentière
Aerodrome
Photo: Panoraman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altisurface du Glacier d’Argentière is an aerodrome.
Les Droites
Peak
Photo: Andreube, Public domain.
Les Droites is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and is the lowest of the 4000-metre peaks in the Alps. The mountain has two summits: The north face of the mountain rises some 1,600 m from the Argentière basin at an average angle of 60°, and is the steepest face on the 10-km-long ridge that stretches from the Aiguille Verte to Mont Dolent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Col du Chardonnet and Argentière.
Argentière
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Argentière is situated 7 km northwest of Argentière Hut.
La Fouly
Village
Photo: Aaquilino, Public domain.
La Fouly is a village in Val Ferret in the Swiss canton of Valais. At an altitude of 1,600 metres, it is part of the municipality of Orsières. It sits at the foot of Mont Dolent and the Tour Noir in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is situated 8 km east of Argentière Hut.
Argentière Hut
- Type: Hut
- Description: mountain hut in France
- Categories: mountain hut and sports venue
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Argentière Hut” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Refuge d’Argentière”
- French: “refuge d’Argentière”
- French: “Refuge d’Argentière”
- German: “Argentiere-Hütte”
- German: “Argentière-Hütte”
- German: “Refuge d’Argentiere”
- German: “Refuge d’Argentière”
- Italian: “Refuge d’Argentière”
- Italian: “rifugio d’Argentière”
- Italian: “Rifugio d’Argentière”
- Japanese: “アルジェンティエール小屋”
- Portuguese: “Refúgio de Argentière”
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