The Taconnaz glacier joins his big brother, The Bossons glacier, joining at "La Jonction", the big Mont-Blanc glacier. It is here where Jacques Balmat found, in 1786, the route to the Mont Blanc.
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Le glacier de Taconnaz
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Le glacier d'Argentière
Begining in the beautiful circus that is Argentière, this glacier has been the centre of a lot of interest. Touristically it offers beautiful views of falling ice avalanches. Scientifically, because the glaciologists regulary work in the glacier bed.
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Le glacier du Tour
The glacier is suspended above the hamlet of Le Tour.
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Le glacier des Bossons
As you enter Chamonix you can't not impressed by the Bossons Glacier, «The bigest ice fall in Europe
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La Mer de Glace
Known throughout the world for more than 250 years, the great “frozen river” attracts, today as yesterday, thousands of visitors each year.