Val Veny (also Val Vény) is a lateral valley of the
Mont Blanc massif
The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, 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 indepen ...
, lying to the south-west of
Courmayeur
Courmayeur (; Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley.
History
The toponym ''Courmayeur'' has been mentioned as ''Curia majori'' (1233–1381), ''Corte Maggiore'' (1620), ''Cormoyeu'' (164 ...
. The
valley head
The head of the valley or, less commonly, the valley head, refers to the uppermost part of a valley.Leser (2005), p. 935.
Description
The head of a valley may take widely differing forms; for example, in highland regions the valley often ends i ...
is at the
Seigne Pass.
Geography
Val Veny was formed by two glaciers: the
Miage Glacier
The Miage Glacier (french: Glacier du Miage; it, Ghiacciaio del Miage) is a debris-covered glacier in the upper Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy.
Description
It is situated on the southwest flank of the Mont Blanc massif, flowing from the ...
and the
Brenva Glacier.
Val Veny is divided into three parts:
* the part that lies parallel to the Mont Blanc massif, between the Seigne pass (2,512m) and part of the Miage Glacier
* the part called ''Plan Vény''
* the mouth of the valley, dominated by Mont Blanc and the lower Brenva Glacier (1,444m)
Chécrouit Lake (2,165m) lies on the right side of the Val Veny, near Courmayeur. On the opposite side you can see Mont Blanc, the
Dent du Géant
The Dent du Géant ( It.: Dente del Gigante, "giant's tooth") (4,013 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy.
The Dent du Géant remained unclimbed during the golden age of alpinism, and was a much-coveted peak in the 1870 ...
(4,013 m ) and the Brenva Glacier.
At the entrance of the valley lies the shrine of
Our Lady of Healing (french: Notre-Dame-de-guérison).
Mountaineering
Val Veny is the starting point of the normal Italian route on Mont Blanc via the Miage Glacier and the
Francesco Gonella Refuge.
Shelters and bivouacs
*
Refuge Mont-Blanc - 1,700m
*
Refuge Maison Vieille - 1,956m
*
Refuge Élisabeth - 2,195m
* Refuge Monzino - 2,590m
*
Refuge Francesco Gonella - 3,071m
*
Refuge Durier
The Durier Hut ( French: ''Refuge Durier'') is a mountain hut in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps. It is located in Haute-Savoie department of France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in ...
- 3,358m
*
Refuge Quintino Sella - 3,363m
* Bivouac Lorenzo Borelli - Carlo Pivano - 2,310m
* Bivouac Adolphe Hess - 2,958m
* Bivouac Gino Rainetto - 3,047m
* Bivouac de la Brenva - 3,060m
* Bivouac Piero Craveri - 3,490m
* Bivouac Alberico - Borgna à la Fourche - 3,680m
* Bivouac Marco Crippa - 3,850m
* Bivouac Giuseppe Lampugnani - 3,860m
See also
*
Valdigne
The Valdigne is the upper part of the Aosta Valley in north-west Italy. It is traversed by the Dora Baltea (french: Doire baltée), a tributary of the Po.
Description
It extends from La Salle to Courmayeur, including the side valleys of Val ...
{{Mont Blanc massif
Valleys of the Alps
Valleys of Aosta Valley