Les Pècles
Les Pècles is a neighborhood in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,052 metres. Les Pècles is situated nearby to the neighborhood Les Favrands, as well as near Les Moëttieux.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Mountain Military School and Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station.
High Mountain Military School
Military installation
The École militaire de haute montagne is a training establishment of the French Army, that trains French and allied service personnel in mountain warfare, skiing, mountain leadership, and arctic warfare.
Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi 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
Railway station
Photo: AntonyB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Praz and Grand Couloir.
Les Praz
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3½ km northeast of Les Pècles.
Grand Couloir
Locality
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 7 km south of Les Pècles.
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 9 km northeast of Les Pècles.
Les Pècles
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Les Pecles”
- Category: locality
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.91736° or 45° 55′ 3″ northLongitude
6.85603° or 6° 51′ 22″ eastElevation
1,052 metres (3,451 feet)Open location code
8FQ8WV84+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2422902191OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
12318597
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In Other Languages
“Les Pècles” goes by many names.
- French: “Les Pècles”
Localities in the Area
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