Mont Blanc is the tallest peak in Europe at 4,807m and nicknamed “king of the Alps”; it was first climbed in 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Michel Gabriel Paccard. It stands on the boundary that divides Italy from France at the centre of a mountain massif that extends for 40km, comprises 65 glaciers and covers 165 km².
Beneath it are Courmayeur on the Italian slope and Chamonix on the French. The presence of tall, multi-coloured rock faces on the Italian side gives it a severe look, while the French slope is more imposing, covered with immense, pale glaciers.
The most challenging peaks are found on the Italian face: Dente del Gigante (4,014m); Grandes Jorasses (4,000+m); Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (3,773m); Dôme du Goûter (4,306m); Mont Dolent (3,820m); and the Guglie di Chamonix (3,000 – 3,842m). The Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, a symbol of the Italian face, is the most important peak in the spectacular Peuterey Crest.
The village of Courmayeur (2,175m) features the Saussurea Alpine Garden, the highest botanical garden in Europe with numerous plant species that originate on Mont Blanc in addition to animals including the chamois, deer, goat, Alpine marmot, eagle, buzzard, kestrel and bearded vulture.
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