Les Gaillands

Les Gaillands is a grassland in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Les Gaillands is situated nearby to the climbing site Secteur petit Gailland, as well as near Secteur de l’échelle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Les Pélerins station and High Mountain Military School.

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 290 metres south of Les Gaillands.

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. High Mountain Military School is situated 560 metres northeast of Les Gaillands.

Les Bossons station

Railway station

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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. Les Bossons station is situated 1¼ km southwest of Les Gaillands.

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 4 km northeast of Les Gaillands.

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 7 km south of Les Gaillands.