Vecchia funivia Pavillon – Rifugio Torino

Vecchia funivia Pavillon – Rifugio Torino is a building in France. Vecchia funivia Pavillon – Rifugio Torino is situated nearby to the mountain hut Torino Hut, as well as near the peak Pointe Helbronner.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pointe Helbronner and Torino Hut.

Pointe Helbronner

Peak

Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 2.5.

Pointe Helbronner is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Graian Alps on the watershed between France and Italy. The peak, which used to be a mere geodetic reference point, was named after Paul Helbronner, a French polytechnicien, alpinist and geodesist who pioneered cartography of the French Alps.

Torino Hut

Mountain hut

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The Torino Hut is a high mountain refuge in the Alps in northwestern Italy. Located near the border with France, it is about 15 km southwest of Mont Dolent, the tripoint with Switzerland.

Col du Géant

Mountain saddle

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Col du Géant at 3,356 m is the main passage of the Mont Blanc massif between Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley and Chamonix-Mont Blanc in the Arve Valley. On the French side, to the north is the Géant Glacier which overlooks the Mer de Glace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Entrèves and Checrouit.

Entrèves

Hamlet

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Entrèves is a frazione of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley region of Italy. Entrèves is situated 4 km southeast of Vecchia funivia Pavillon – Rifugio Torino.