Le Brévent
A 2,525 metre summit in the Aiguilles Rouges, facing Mont Blanc across the Chamonix valley. Cable cars run to the top, and its cliffs are a launching point for paragliders and wingsuit flyers dropping towards the valley.
- Where
- Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 45.9339, 6.8378
Get the Le Brévent stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Le Brévent. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes volume with your photos and a note.
Near Le Brévent
Aiguille du Midi 7.2 km
A granite needle of 3,842 metres in the Mont Blanc massif, reached by cable car straight from Chamonix. The top station has terraces facing Mont Blanc and a glass box, the Step into the Void, hanging over a sheer drop.
Mer de Glace 7.9 km
The longest glacier in France, a river of ice 7.5 kilometres long on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif. A rack railway climbs from Chamonix to Montenvers above it, and an ice cave is cut into the glacier each year for visitors to walk through.
Mont Blanc 11 km
The highest mountain in the Alps at about 4,807 metres, its snow dome on the border between France and Italy. It rises above Chamonix, and the climb to the top usually takes two days, with a night in a mountain hut.
Skyway Monte Bianco 16 km
A cable car that climbs from Entrèves, near Courmayeur, to Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Opened in 2015, its cabins turn slowly as they rise, giving a full circle of glaciers and peaks on the way up.
Great St Bernard Hospice 27 km
A hospice and hostel for travellers on the Great St Bernard Pass, named after its founder Bernard of Menthon and kept by a community of canons regular ever since. It is the home of the St Bernard dogs, bred here to help find travellers lost in the snow.
Grande Dixence Dam 47 km
A concrete wall 285 metres high at the head of the Val d'Hérémence, the tallest gravity dam in the world and the tallest dam in Europe. It holds back the Lac des Dix, whose water feeds four power stations of the Cleuson-Dixence scheme.
Valère Basilica 53 km
A fortified church on a hill above Sion, facing the ruined Château de Tourbillon on the opposite hilltop. Inside is one of the oldest playable organs in the world, and the whole site is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Lake Annecy 53 km
An Alpine lake in Haute-Savoie, ringed by mountains and clear enough for swimming in summer. The city of Annecy sits at its northern tip, where the lake drains away through the Thiou river and the canals of the old town.
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Questions
Where is Le Brévent?
Le Brévent is in Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Aiguille du Midi (7.2 km), Mer de Glace (7.9 km), Mont Blanc (11 km).
How do I get the Le Brévent stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Le Brévent and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Le Brévent before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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