Le glacier occidental du Mont-de-Greuvettaz est un glacier d'Italie situé dans le massif du Mont-Blanc, dans le val Ferret. Le glacier naît sur l'adret du mont de Greuvettaz, à environ 3 600 mètres d'altitude, et se dirige vers le sud. Il est entouré par le glacier de Frébouge à l'ouest, les glaciers de Greuvettaz et du Petit-mont-de-Greuvettaz par-delà le mont de Greuvettaz et le Petit mont de Greuvettaz à l'est et le glacier de Triolet par-delà le mont de Greuvettaz au nord.
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Aiguille de Leschaux is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif on the border of Haute-Savoie, France and Aosta Valley, Italy.
Located on the eastern side of the Mont Blanc massif on the ridge between Mont Dolent and Grandes Jorasses, the mountain is usually climbed from Val Ferret on the Italian side. The nearest town is Courmayeur.
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The Grandes Jorasses is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.
The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain was by Horace Walker with guides Melchior Anderegg, Johann Jaun and Julien Grange on 30 June 1868. The second-highest peak on the mountain was first climbed by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Michel Croz and Franz Biner on 24 June 1865, using what has become the normal route of ascent and the one followed by Walker's party in 1868.
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The Leschaux Hut is a refuge in the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps. It is located at 2,431 m on the north side of the Glacier de Leschaux – a tributary of the Mer de Glace. It is owned by the CAF and can accommodate up to 19 people. The hut is used as a base by mountaineers climbing peaks such as Grandes Jorasses, Petites Jorasses and Mont Mallet. It is accessed by going up the Mer de Glace from Montenvers, and then up the Glacier de Leschaux. The first refuge was built in 1929. It was enlarged to 30 seats in 1934, but destroyed by an avalanche in 1954. A new hut was built in 1968 and was enlarged in 2003.
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Refuge Walter-Bonatti is a mountain hut in the Val Ferret, in the Pennine Alps, Aosta Valley, Italy, at an altitude of 2,025 metres. It is named after the Italian mountaineer.