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Saleina Glacier with the Aiguille d'Argentière on the left

The Saleina Glacier (French: Glacier de saleina, formerly spelled Saleinaz) is a 6 km (3.7 mi) long glacier (2002) situated on the north-eastern edge of the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It flows in a roughly north-easterly direction from the Aiguille d'Argentière, down towards the Val Ferret. The Saleina Hut sits above its right bank at an altitude of 2,691 meters above sea level.

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Saleina Glacier

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The Saleina Glacier (French: Glacier de saleina, formerly spelled Saleinaz) is a 6 km (3.7 mi) long glacier (2002) situated on the north-eastern edge...

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Haute Route

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and the Fenêtre du Saleina to the Trient Hut or down to the Bivouac Dorés. Day 2: Over the Grande Lui through the Col du Saleina or around it via the...

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Mont Blanc massif

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Saleina Glacier (6 km (3.7 mi)), Trient Glacier (4 km (2.5 mi)), the Bossons Glacier (c. 4 km (2.5 mi)) and the Brenva Glacier. Whilst these glaciers...

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List of glaciers in Europe

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Oberaletsch Glacier Oberaar Glacier Otemma Glacier Plaine Morte Glacier Rhône Glacier Saleina Glacier Trift Glacier Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve Glacier de Tsanfleuron...

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Saleina Hut

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level. It can be reached from the Val Ferret. The hut lies above the Saleina Glacier near the Aiguille d'Argentière in the Mont Blanc Massif, and has places...

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Petit Darray

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Valais. It lies west of the Grand Darray, on the range south of the Saleina Glacier. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The...

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Bossons Glacier

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The Bossons Glacier is one of the larger glaciers of the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, found in the Chamonix valley of Haute-Savoie département, south-eastern...

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Grand Darray

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between the Saleina Glacier and the main Ferret valley. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Col de Saleina (3,390 m). Institut...

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Grande Fourche

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located on the Swiss-French border. It lies between the Glacier de Saleina (Valais) and the Glacier du Tour (Haute-Savoie). Retrieved from the Swisstopo...

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Grande Pointe des Planereuses

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the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies on the range south of the Saleina Glacier. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the...

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Graian Alps

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Aiguille d'Argentière above the Saleina Glacier...

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Pointe des Plines

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Mont Blanc massif, close to the Aiguille Dorees, and overlooking the Saleina Glacier in the canton of Valais. A shelter of the Swiss Alpine Club, the Bivouac...

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List of glaciers in Switzerland

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Morteratsch Silvretta Forno Albigna This is a non-exhaustive list of the major glaciers in Switzerland. It contains their surface area, their lengths since the...

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Mer de Glace

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The Mer de Glace ("Sea of Ice") is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and...

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Trient Glacier

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The Trient Glacier (French: Glacier du Trient) is a 4.3 km long glacier (2007) in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973...

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Val Ferret

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de l'A Neuve from La Fouly or Cabane de Saleina from Praz de Fort or Cabane du Trient above the Trient Glacier. Wikimedia Commons has media related to...

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Miage Glacier

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The Miage Glacier (French: Glacier du Miage; Italian: Ghiacciaio del Miage) is a debris-covered glacier in the upper Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy...

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Trient Hut

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Albert Premier and Argentière huts in France, as well as the Cabane de Saleina (Switzerland) at the foot of the Aiguille d'Argentière. The hut is run...

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Pointe Lachenal

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mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is located above the Glacier du Géant, under the East face of Mont Blanc du Tacul and opposite the Aiguille...

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Chemin de fer du Montenvers

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station at Montenvers with the glacier which is tunnelled out at that point enabling tourists to walk inside the glacier. On 25 August 1927, the locomotive...

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Grandes Jorasses

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famous walls in the Alps, it towers 1200 m (3,900 ft) above the Leschaux Glacier, stretching 1 km from end to end. The classic route on the face is the...

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Aiguille du Dru

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times stones fall freely down the couloir leading up from the head of the glacier. The best time for the expedition would be, in ordinary seasons, in the...

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Mont Blanc tramway

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Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet station to the Nid d'Aigle station near the Bionnassay Glacier at an altitude of 2,372 m (7,782 ft). The initial intention was for the...

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Aiguille du Chardonnet

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easily reached from the Albert Premier Hut, though the Trient Hut and Saleina Hut also give access. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The...

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Mont Dolent

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gave a pleasant path); then a little zigzagging over the snow-covered glacier of Mont Dolent. Then there was a little bergschrund, then a little wall...

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