The Dômes de Miage are a line of mountain peaks in the south 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 ...

that reach a height of 3,673 metres. The snow-covered

arête An arête ( ) is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequen ...

from which they rise is over three kilometres long. The six peaks in the chain are (from southwest to northeast) : L'Aiguille de la Bérangère (3,425 m), and unnamed tops known only from their heights as Dôme 3670, Dôme 3666, Dôme 3633, Dôme 3673 and Dôme 3672. The ridge of the dômes de Miage is considered one of the most striking in the Mont Blanc massif. The

normal route A normal route or normal way (french: voie normale; german: Normalweg) is the most frequently used route for ascending and descending a mountain peak. It is usually the simplest route. Overview In the Alps, routes are classed in the following way ...

starts at the ''Refuge des Conscrits'', crosses the Tré-la-Tête glacier, climbs to ''Col des Dômes'' (between tops 3633 and 3673) and follows the arête as far as La Bérangère (PD). A crossing from end to end runs from the ''Refuge des Conscrits'' to

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 ...

and is a little more difficult (AD). It is usually combined with the long traverse over the

Aiguille de Bionnassay The Aiguille de Bionnassay (elevation ) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps in France and Italy. It has been described as "one of the most attractive satellite peaks of Mont Blanc", and is located on its western side. The mounta ...

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and i ...

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