Col des Dômes Glacier

Col des Dômes Glacier is a glacier in Les Contamines-Montjoie, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Col des Dômes Glacier is situated nearby to the locality Rappel, as well as near Ancien Refuge Durier.

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dômes de Miage and Aiguille de Bionnassay.

Dômes de Miage

Peak

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The Dômes de Miage are a line of mountain peaks in the south of the Mont Blanc massif that reach a height of 3,673 metres. The snow-covered arête from which they rise is over three kilometres long.

Aiguille de Bionnassay

Peak

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

The Aiguille de Bionnassay is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps in France and Italy. It has been described as "one of the most attractive satellite peaks of Mont Blanc", and is located on its western side.

Col de Miage

Mountain saddle

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

Col de Miage is a mountain saddle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Bionnassay.

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.