Place des Séracs

Place des Séracs is in Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Place des Séracs is situated nearby to the post office Relais Poste, as well as near the pitch Agorespace.

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 440 metres west of Place des Séracs.

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 540 metres north of Place des Séracs.

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 Place des Séracs.

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 Place des Séracs.

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 Place des Séracs.