Lac du Brévent

Lac du Brévent is a lake in the municipality of Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France. It is located below the Le Brévent peak, at an elevation of approx. 2125 m.

Photo: r-z, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Body of water
Description: body of water
Also known as: “Lac du Brevent”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tête de Bellachat and Le Brévent.

Tête de Bellachat

Peak

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tête de Bellachat is a peak.

Le Brévent

Peak

Photo: Franck Langlois, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Le Brévent is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France. It lies in the Aiguilles Rouges range of the French Prealps and has an altitude of 2525 metres above sea level.

Col de Bellachat

Mountain saddle

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Col de Bellachat is a mountain saddle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Les Praz and Grand Couloir.

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 5 km east of Lac du Brévent.

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 8 km south of Lac du Brévent.