Chloé Graftiaux, was a Belgian sport climber, who fell to her death, at what age, on the 3773 m Aiguille Noire de Peuterey at the Mont Blanc massif,a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end?
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Chloé Graftiaux Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987 in Brussels, Belgium – 21 August 2010 in Courmayeur, Italy) was a Belgian sport climber, who fell to her death on the 3773 m Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23.
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Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (French: "Massif du Mont-Blanc" ; Italian: "Massiccio del Monte Bianco" ) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major independent summits, each over 4000 m in height, and is named after Mont Blanc (4808 m ), the highest point in western Europe and European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers, which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacierthe longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively.
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Bernese Alps in the wide meaning The Bernese Alps in the wide meaning (in German "Berner Alpen i.w.S.", in French "Alpes Bernoises D.l.s.l.") are a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland.
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Pointe des Grands The Pointe des Grands is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between France and Switzerland, north-west of the Aiguille du Tour.
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Pointe Lachenal Pointe Lachenal is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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Les Grandes Otanes Les Grandes Otanes are a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France, north of the Aiguille du Tour. They overlook the Col de Balme.
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Pointe Allobrogia The Pointe Allobrogia is a mountain of the Mont Blanc massif, overlooking the Col Ferret on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It lies at the southern end of the range south-east of Mont Dolent.
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Portjengrat The Portjengrat (also known as "Pizzo d'Andolla") is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies south of the Weissmies and the Zwischbergen Pass, where the international border diverges away from the main Alpine watershed. The summit of the Portjengrat has an elevation of 3,654 metres above sea level and is the tripoint between the valleys of Saas, Divedro (both in Valais) and Antrona (in Piedmont). It is the culminating point of the Antrona valley.
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Great St Bernard Pass Great St. Bernard Pass (French: "Col du Grand St-Bernard" , Italian: "Colle del Gran San Bernardo" , German: "Grosser Sankt Bernhard" ; 2469 m ) is the third highest road pass in Switzerland. It connects Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland with Aosta in the region Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the lowest pass lying on the ridge between the two highest mountains of the Alps, Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. The pass itself is located in Switzerland in the canton of Valais, very close to Italy. It is located on the main watershed that separates the basin of the Rhône from that of the Po.
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Swiss Plateau The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau (German: "Schweizer Mittelland" ; French: "plateau suisse" ; Italian: "altopiano svizzero" ) constitutes one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland alongside the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface. It comprises the regions between the Jura and the Alps, partly flat but mostly hilly, and lies at an average height between 400 and 700 m AMSL. It is by far the most densely populated region of Switzerland, and the most important with respect to economy and transportation.
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Grande Pointe des Planereuses The Grande Pointe des Planereuses is a mountain of the Mont Blanc massif, located west of Praz de Fort in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies on the range south of the Saleina Glacier.
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Aiguille Croche The Aiguille Croche (2487 m ) is a mountain in the Beaufortain Massif in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France. In 2009, Matthias Giraud was the first person to descent and ski BASE jump off its cliff face.
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Piz Val Nera Piz Val Nera (or "Monte Val Nera") is a mountain of the Livigno Alps, located between the Italian region of Lombardy and the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its summit is 3,188 metre-high and lies within Italy, 200 metres north of the border with Switzerland (3,160 m).
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Mont Joly Mont Joly (2,525 m) is a mountain in the Beaufortain Massif in Haute-Savoie, France.
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Aiguille du Midi The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m / 12,605 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
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Mont Giusalet Mont Giusalet (3,313m - also called pointe du Clery) is a mountain in the Ambin group of the Cottian Alps in Savoie, France, near. the Italian border. The mountain dominates the lower Susa Valley and the town of Susa in Italy, and can even be seen from a large area of the Po Valley.
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Mont Orchez Mont Orchez (1,347 m) is a mountain in the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France.
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Grand Golliat The Grand Golliat (also spelled "Grand Golliaz") is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between the Petit Col Ferret and the Great St. Bernard Pass. At 3,238 metres above sea level, its summit straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy, separating the Swiss canton of Valais from the Italian region of Aosta Valley. The name "Golliat" comes "gouilles" or small lakes located on the Italian side of the mountain.
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Aiguille Rouge Aiguille Rouge is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,227 metres above sea level, and is the highest point within the ski area of Les Arcs. It can be reached by cable-car.
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Croce Rossa The Croce Rossa (Croix Rousse in French) is a mountain of the Graian Alps, on the border between Piedmont, Italy and Savoie, France. It lies at the head of the Viù Valley in the Lanzo Valleys. The mountain has a height of 3,566m and was first climbed in 1857 by A Tonini. There is a statue of the Madonna on its summit.
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Les Droites Les Droites (4000 m ) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and is the lowest of the 4000-metre peaks in the Alps. The mountain has two summits:
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Col de Tende Col de Tende (Italian: "Colle di Tenda" ; elevation 1870 m) is a high mountain pass in the Alps, close to the border between France and Italy, although the highest section of the pass is wholly within France.