Taconnaz Railway Station

Taconnaz Railway Station is a railway stop in Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,006 metres. Taconnaz Railway Station is situated nearby to the locality Grand Couloir, as well as near the hamlet Bionnassay.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Tremplin Olympique du Mont

Pitch

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The Tremplin Olympique du Mont was a ski jumping venue constructed for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Tremplin Olympique du Mont is situated 1¼ km east of Taconnaz Railway Station.

Parc animalier de Merlet

Zoo

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Parc animalier de Merlet is a zoo, which is situated 1 km northwest of Taconnaz Railway Station.

Les Bossons station

Railway station

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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. Les Bossons station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Taconnaz Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamonix and Grand Couloir.

Chamonix

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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.

Grand Couloir

Locality

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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 5 km south of Taconnaz Railway Station.