Bivacco Adolfo Hess
Bivacco Adolfo Hess is a shelter in Les Contamines-Montjoie, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 2,958 metres. Bivacco Adolfo Hess is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Col Des Échelettes, as well as near the peak Aiguille des Échelettes.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille des Échelettes and Estelette Glacier.
Aiguille des Glaciers
Peak
The Aiguille des Glaciers is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the Graian Alps. It lies on the borders of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Checrouit.
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 9 km north of Bivacco Adolfo Hess.
Bivacco Adolfo Hess
- Type: Shelter
- Also known as: “Bivacco Dell’Estellette”
- Category: mountain hut
- Location: Les Contamines-Montjoie, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.77425° or 45° 46′ 27″ north
Longitude
6.82017° or 6° 49′ 13″ east
Elevation
2,958 metres (9,705 feet)
Operator
Club Alpino Accademico Italiano
Open location code
8FQ8QRFC+P3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=shelter
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Bivacco Adolfo Hess” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bivacco Adolfo Hess”
- German: “Bivacco Adolfo Hess”
- Italian: “bivacco Adolfo Hess”
- Italian: “Bivacco Adolfo Hess”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Col Des Échelettes and Lex Blanche Glacier.
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