Glacier de Leschaux

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Glacier de Leschaux is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and access to classic alpine climbing routes.

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Label Occurrences
Glacier de Leschaux canonical 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
valley glacier
accessPoint Montenvers Railway
surface form: Montenvers railway

Refuge de Leschaux
affectedBy climate change
climbingAccessTo Aiguille de Leschaux
Aiguille de Talèfre
Aiguille de l'Éboulement
Grandes Jorasses north face
Grandes Jorasses
surface form: Petites Jorasses
connectedTo Mer de Glace
country France
department Haute-Savoie
drainageBasin Arve river basin
Arveyron river basin
flowsFrom Mont Blanc massif
flowsTowards Mer de Glace
hasFeature heavily crevassed lower glacier
icefall sections
surrounding granite walls
hasMountainHut Refuge de Leschaux
hasStatus retreating glacier
hazard avalanches
crevasses
serac fall
knownFor access to classic north faces
alpine climbing routes
dramatic ice flows
language fr
locatedIn French Alps
Mont Blanc massif
locatedInProtectedArea Mont Blanc massif protected area
mountainRange Alps
nearestTown Chamonix
surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
partOf Mont-Blanc glacial system
surface form: Mont Blanc glacial system
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
subjectOf alpine climbing guidebooks
glaciological studies
terrainType high alpine
typicalActivitySeason early autumn
summer
usedFor glacier travel training
ice climbing
mountaineering

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Mont-Blanc glacial system hasPart Glacier de Leschaux
Sea of Ice formedByConfluenceOf Glacier de Leschaux