Les Bossons station

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.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Also known as: “Les Bossons railway station” and “Les Bossons Railway Station”
Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tremplin Olympique du Mont and Les Pélerins station.

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 1 km south of Les Bossons station.

Les Pélerins station

Railway station

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Les Pélerins 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 Pélerins station is situated 1 km northeast of Les Bossons station.

Parc animalier de Merlet

Zoo

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Parc animalier de Merlet is a zoo, which is situated 1½ km west of Les Bossons station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Les Praz and Grand Couloir.

Les Praz

Hamlet

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Les-Praz-de-Chamonix is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060 m. Les Praz is situated 5 km northeast of Les Bossons station.

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 6 km south of Les Bossons station.