Champex
Village in Orsières in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Champex (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃pe]; also Champex-Lac) is a village located in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais, part of the municipality of Orsières.
The village lies at 1,470 metres on the shore of Lac de Champex, at the foot of the Mont Blanc Massif. It is a starting point for many hikes into the surrounding mountains and huts (La Breya, Cabane du Trient, Le Catogne). Champex is also a small ski resort.
The Champex Pass is located a few hundred metres west of Champex.
External links
- Champex, tourist office
- http://www.champex.info/ website in English providing details of village, events, accommodation, etc.
46°02′N 7°07′E / 46.033°N 7.117°E / 46.033; 7.117
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Mont Blanc massif
- Argentière
- Chamonix
- Champex
- Courmayeur
- La Fouly
- Les Houches
- Montroc
- Les Praz
- Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
- Trient
- Aiguille d'Argentière
- Aiguille de Bionnassay
- Aiguille de Blaitière
- Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey
- Aiguille du Chardonnet
- Aiguilles du Diable
- Aiguilles Dorées
- Aiguille du Dru
- Aiguille des Glaciers
- Aiguille du Goûter
- Aiguille des Grands Charmoz
- Aiguille des Grands Montets
- Aiguille du Grépon
- Aiguille du Jardin
- Aiguille du Midi
- Aiguille de l'A Neuve
- Aiguille Noire de Peuterey
- Aiguille du Pissoir
- Aiguille du Plan
- Aiguille de Rochefort
- Aiguille du Tour
- Aiguille de Tré la Tête
- Aiguille de Triolet
- Aiguille Verte
- La Breya
- Le Catogne
- Le Châtelet (Mont Blanc)
- Dent du Géant
- Dôme du Goûter
- Dôme de Rochefort
- Les Droites
- Le Génépi
- Grand Capucin
- Grand Darray
- Grand Pilier d'Angle
- Grande Lui
- Grande Pointe des Planereuses
- Grande Rocheuse
- Grandes Jorasses
- Mont Blanc
- Mont Blanc de Courmayeur
- Mont Blanc du Tacul
- Mont Brouillard
- Mont Dolent
- Mont Mallet
- Mont Maudit
- Pic Eccles
- Picco Luigi Amedeo
- Pointe Allobrogia
- Pointe Helbronner
- Pointe d'Orny
- Pointe des Plines
- Pointe Ronde
- Pointe Walker
- Le Portalet
- Punta Baretti
- Tita Neire
- Tour Noir
- Tour Ronde
(first or major ascents)
- Allain
- Almer
- Anderegg (J.)
- Anderegg (M.)
- Balmat
- Blanchard
- Blodig
- Boivin
- Bonatti
- Bonington
- Boulaz
- Bristow
- Brown
- Burgener
- Cassin
- Charlet
- Clough
- Cordier (H.)
- Cordier (P.)
- Couzy
- Croz
- Dent
- Desmaison
- Destivelle
- Długosz
- Eccles
- Eckenstein
- Gabarrou
- Ghirardini
- Graham Brown
- Güssfeldt
- Harlin
- Heckmair
- Hemming
- Hudson
- Kennedy
- King
- Klucker
- Kuffner
- Kukuczka
- Kurtyka
- Lachenal
- Lafaille
- Lambert
- MacIntyre
- Mallory
- Maund
- Mazeaud
- Messner
- Middlemore
- Moore
- Mummery
- Paccard
- Paradis
- Patey
- Ratti
- Rébuffat
- Rey
- Robbins
- Roch
- Rouse
- de Saussure
- Smythe
- Stephen
- Terray
- Twight
- Vallençant
- Walker
- Whillans
- Whymper
- Winthrop Young
- Arve (river)
- Chemin de fer du Montenvers
- Giardino Botanico Alpino Saussurea
- Haute Route
- Marathon du Mont Blanc
- Mont Blanc glacier flood
- Mont Blanc tramway
- Mont Blanc Tunnel
- Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway
- Skyway Monte Bianco
- Top of the Mont Blanc
- Tour du Mont Blanc
- Val d'Aosta
- Val Ferret
- Val Veny
- Vallée Blanche Aerial Tramway
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