The Aiguille d'Argentière () is a

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in the Mont Blanc massif on the border between

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and

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. The second highest summit of the Aiguille d'Argentière is the prominent rock-tower ''Flèche Rousse'' () southeast of the main-summit. The

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of the mountain was by a

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party comprising

Edward Whymper Edward Whymper FRSE (27 April 184016 September 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. W ...

and A. Reilly with guides

Michel Croz Michel Auguste Croz (22 April 1830 in Le Tour, Chamonix valley – 14 July 1865, on the Matterhorn) was a Chamoniard mountain guide of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden ag ...

, M. Payot, H. Charlet on 15 July 1864. The route they took was via the west flank and the north-west ridge.

Argentière Argentière () is a picturesque skiing, alpine walking and mountaineering village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, at an altitude of .List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of ''at least'' , all exceeding in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains are necessaril ...

List of mountains of Switzerland This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland. The table only includes those summits that have a topographic prominence of at least above other points, and ranks them by height and prominence. The ...

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The Aiguille d'Argentière on SummitPostThe Aiguille d'Argentière on Hikr
Mountains of the Graian Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Valais France–Switzerland border International mountains of Europe Mountains of Haute-Savoie Mountains of Switzerland Three-thousanders of Switzerland Mont Blanc massif {{Valais-mountain-stub

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