Panorama the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

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The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. The name "Aiguille du Midi" translates literally as "Needle of the Noon" or "Needle of the Mid-day". In the brochure for its cable car the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc asserts it gets its name from the fact that it is to the south when viewed from in front of the church in Chamonix.[2] The Aiguille summit contains a panoramic viewing platform, a café and a gift shop. The Vallée Blanche ski run begins here, and the nearby Cosmiques Refuge is the starting point for one of the routes to the Mont Blanc summit. From the Aiguille another cable car (summer months only), the Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway crosses the Glacier du Géant to Pointe Helbronner (3,462 m) at the Italian side of the Mont Blanc Massif. Pointe Helbronner is served with a cable car from La Palud, a village near Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley (Italy). read more :

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Location: Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
Photo credit: © lugris / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: aiguille, alps, blanc, du, france, lugris2, midi, mont, mountaineering, panorama, ski, tourism, travel, trekking