Mont Blanc/ Monte Bianco

Mont Blanc/ Monte Bianco

Mont Blanc (French, white mountain), or Monte Bianco (Italian, white mountain), also known as "La Dame Blanche" (French, the white lady) is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe. Summit 4,810 m (15,781 ft). The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur, in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix, in Haute-Savoie, France — the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain from Chamonix to Courmayeur. Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965, the 11.6 km (7¼ mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two countries and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes. The Mont Blanc Massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.

• Date: 22 January 2009
• Photographer: nomad24: gallery
• Uploaded: 25th Feb 2009
• Location: France: gallery
• Tags: scenery
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