Dômes de Miage

Dômes de Miage

The Dômes seen from Chalets de Miage
Highest point
Elevation 3,673 m
Coordinates 45°48′57″N 6°48′00″E / 45.81583°N 6.8°E / 45.81583; 6.8Coordinates: 45°48′57″N 6°48′00″E / 45.81583°N 6.8°E / 45.81583; 6.8
Geography
Location Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes,  France
Parent range Mont Blanc massif
Geology
Mountain type snow-covered arête
Climbing
First ascent 2 September 1858, Edmond Thomas Coleman, with Frédéric Mollard and Joseph Jacquemont
Normal route via the Refuge des Conscrits

The Dômes de Miage are a line of mountain peaks in the south of the Mont Blanc massif that reach a height of 3,673 metres. The snow-covered arête from which they rise is over three kilometres long. The six peaks in the chain are (from southwest to northeast) : L'Aiguille de la Bérangère (3,425 m), and unnamed tops known only from their heights as Dôme 3670, Dôme 3666, Dôme 3633, Dôme 3673 and Dôme 3672.

The ridge of the dômes de Miage is considered one of the most striking in the Mont Blanc massif.

The normal route starts at the Refuge des Conscrits, crosses the Tré-la-Tête glacier, climbs to Col des Dômes (between tops 3633 and 3673) and follows the arête as far as La Bérangère (PD). A crossing from end to end runs from the Refuge des Conscrits to refuge Durier and is a little more difficult (AD). It is usually combined with the long traverse over the Aiguille de Bionnassay to Mont Blanc.

Gallery

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dômes de Miage.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.