Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,807.3 m above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, and the 11th most prominent mountain in the world.

Mont Blanc massif · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · France · 4,807 m

Mont Blanc together with Aiguille du Midi.

About Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc is the highest peak of the Alps and the highest peak in Europe, rising to about 4,807 metres; its massif lies along the French–Italian border and the summit is in French territory . The mountain was first climbed on 8 August 1786 by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat .

Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,807.3 m above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, and the 11th most prominent mountain in the world.

Mont Blanc is the highest peak of the Alps and the highest peak in Europe, rising to about 4,807 metres; its massif lies along the French–Italian border and the summit is in French territory . The mountain was first climbed on 8 August 1786 by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat .

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1786 — First ascent of Mont Blanc: Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat
  • 1787 — Second ascent, which overshadowed Paccard’s first-ascent achievement in contemporary accounts: Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Routes and approaches

The commonly used Goûter Route approaches from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains via the Nid d’Aigle, Tête Rousse Hut, Goûter Hut, Dôme du Goûter and the Bosses Ridge to the summit .

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Sources and provenance

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