Mont Blanc and adjacent mountains in the massif are predominately formed from a large intrusion of granite (termed a batholith) which was forced up through a basement layer of gneiss and mica schists during the Variscan m… See more

Located on the watershed between the Rhône and the Po, the massif of Mont Blanc is also situated between the two different climatic regions of the northern and western Alps and that of the southern Alps. Climatic conditions … See more

The Mont Blanc was the highest mountain of the Frankish Empire under Charlemagne and the highest mountain of the Holy Roman Empire until 1792.
In 1760, Swiss naturalist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure began … See more

The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice-and-snow dome whose thickness varies. Therefore, no exact and permanent summit elevation can be determined, though accurate measuremen… See more

Several classic climbing routes lead to the summit of Mont Blanc:
• The most popular route is the Goûter Route, also known as the Voie Des Cristalliers or the Voie Royale. Starting from … See more