Samoëns is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is the principal commune for the canton which bears its name.
Population: 2,581
Latitude: 46° 04' 58.15" N
Longitude: 6° 43' 35.29" E
Stade Olympique de Chamonix is an equestrian stadium in Chamonix, France. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies to the 1924 Winter Olympics along with cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, ice hockey, military patrol, the cross-count…
The Pointe Percée (lit.: pierced point) is the highest mountain in the Aravis range of the French Prealps in Haute-Savoie. It rises to 2753 meters and has 1643 m of prominence, and is thus is classified as an ultra prominent peak. Its first document…
At 1,670 metres (5,480 ft), Les Crosets is the resort of highest altitude among those on the Swiss side of the Portes du Soleil. It is, however, one of the smallest as well. It is easily reached by skis from Chatel and Avoriaz. It has a microclimate…
Col de la Forclaz (el. 1,527 m or 5,010 ft) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. It connects Martigny at 471 m (1,545 ft) and Le Châtelard (Finhaut). The road from Martigny to the Col has an average gradient of 6% b…
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
The Idiap Research Institute is a semi-private non-profit research institute at Martigny in the canton of Valais, in south-western Switzerland. It conducts research in the areas of speech processing, computer vision, information retrieval, biometric…
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, inaugurated in 1978, administers museums and exhibitions located in Martigny, Switzerland.
The Trient hut (French: Cabane du Trient) is a mountain hut in the Swiss alps, near the Swiss town of Martigny and the French town of Chamonix. The hut sits at an altitude of 3,170 m (10,400 ft), on a rock perched above the Trient Glacier. It can be…
The Albert Premier Hut (sometimes known as Albert 1er) is located on the Haute Route between Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland. It is at 2,702 metres (8,865 ft) above sea level. It is a popular hut with day hikers because of the short hike (…
The church of Notre-Dame de Toute Grâce du Plateau d'Assy (Our Lady Full of Grace of the Plateau d'Assy) is a Roman Catholic church in France, constructed on the plateau d'Assy between 1937 and 1946. It faces Mont Blanc, and is within the territory …
Champex (also Champex-Lac) is a village located in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais, part of the municipality of Orsières.
The Argentière Glacier is a glacier lying perpendicular to the Chamonix valley above the village of Argentière in Haute-Savoie département, south-eastern France.
Morgins is a village in the municipality of Troistorrents in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in southern Switzerland.
La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins (Pellerins Bobsleigh Track in (French)) was a bobsleigh track constructed for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
Col des Montets (elevation 1,461 m or 4,793 ft) is a mountain pass in the French Alps in the Haute-Savoie department of France.
Col de la Colombière (elevation 1613 m) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Haute-Savoie in France.
The Aiguille du Tour (3,540 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France.
The Trient Glacier (French: Glacier du Trient) is a 4.3 km long glacier (2007) situated in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.