Taconnaz

Taconnaz is a hamlet in Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,029 metres. Taconnaz is situated nearby to the hamlet Vers le Nant, as well as near Petit Pont.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tremplin Olympique du Mont and Parc animalier de Merlet.

Tremplin Olympique du Mont

Pitch

Photo: Marbus1966, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Tremplin Olympique du Mont was a ski jumping venue constructed for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.

Parc animalier de Merlet

Zoo

Photo: Antimuonium, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Parc animalier de Merlet is a zoo.

Les Bossons station

Railway station

Photo: Poudou99, CC BY 3.0.

Les Bossons station is a railway station in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line of SNCF.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamonix and Grand Couloir.

Chamonix

Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 2.5.

Chamonix is a resort in the Haute-Savoie region of France, bordering Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc. It's regarded as the birthplace of mountaineering and as one of its capitals.

The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. Grand Couloir is situated 4½ km south of Taconnaz.