Cosmiques Hut
The Cosmiques Hut is a mountain hut in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps at an altitude of 3,613 m. It is a large structure capable of accommodating 148 mountaineers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille du Midi and Col du Midi.
Aiguille du Midi
Peak
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The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842-metre-tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
Abri Simond
Shelter
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abri Simond is a shelter, which is situated 210 metres north of Cosmiques Hut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Les Praz.
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 5 km southwest of Cosmiques Hut.
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 7 km north of Cosmiques Hut.
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 9 km southeast of Cosmiques Hut.
Cosmiques Hut
- Type: Mountain hut
- Description: building
- Categories: sports venue, building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.87323° or 45° 52′ 24″ northLongitude
6.88559° or 6° 53′ 8″ eastElevation
3,613 metres (11,854 feet)Operator
Compagnie des Guides de ChamonixOpen location code
8FQ8VVFP+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 193208257OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hutWikidata ID
Q1546323
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Satellite Map
Discover Cosmiques Hut from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Cosmiques Hut” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Refuge des Cosmiques”
- French: “Refuge des Cosmiques (3613 M)”
- French: “refuge des Cosmiques”
- French: “Refuge des Cosmiques”
- German: “Refuge des Cosmiques”
- Italian: “rifugio des Cosmiques”
- Italian: “Rifugio des Cosmiques”
- Portuguese: “Refúgio des Cosmiques”
- Portuguese: “Refúgio dos Cósmicos”
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Highlights include Terrasse Mont Blanc and Terrasse Rébuffat.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cosmiques Hut”. Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.