Travel Guide of Mer de Glace in France by Influencers and Travelers

The Mer de Glace is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and 200 metres deep but, when all its tributary glaciers are taken into account, it can be regarded as the longest and largest glacier in France, and the second longest in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier.

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Chamonix

  4 km (2.8 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

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Refuge des Cosmiques

  6 km (3.9 miles) away from Mer de Glace

The Cosmiques Hut is a mountain hut in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps at an altitude of 3,613 m. It is a large structure capable of accommodating 148 mountaineers.

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Les Houches

  10 km (6.5 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Les Houches is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

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Megève

  25 km (15.5 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France with a population of more than 3,000 residents. The town is well known as a ski resort near Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to St. Moritz by the Rothschilds, it was the first purpose-built resort in the Alps. Originally it was a prime destination for the French aristocracy. It remains one of the most famous and fanciest ski resorts in the world.

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Morzine

  33 km (20.7 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. A traditional market town in the heart of the Portes du Soleil, Morzine is dominated by chalets spread across a river gorge, bordered by partially wooded slopes allowing skiing in poor weather conditions.

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Les Gets

  33 km (20.6 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Les Gets is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The village's first single-person chair lift was opened in 1938 with the first chair lift on Mont Chéry in 1954.

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Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe

  34 km (21.1 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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La Clusaz

  38 km (23.7 miles) away from Mer de Glace

La Clusaz is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Mégevette

  45 km (27.8 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Mégevette is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Tignes

  47 km (29.4 miles) away from Mer de Glace

Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, known for the highest skiable area in Europe and the longest ski season in Europe.

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