The two most important mountain ranges of France are the Alps and the Pyrenees. The highest peak is the Mont Blanc 4,808 metres above sea level and is in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps.

• Mount Arvon.
• Backbone Mountain.
• Baldy Mountain.
• Big Rock Candy Mountain.
• Denali.
• Mount Elbert.
• Mount Fairweather.
• Mount Frissell.

Mountain Range Geography

• Himalayas. The Himalayas stretch 1,491 miles through much of central Asia.
• Andes. At around 4,300 miles long, the Andes Mountains make up the world’s longest mountain range.
• Machu Picchu located high in the Andes.
• Alps.
• Rockies.
• Sierra Nevada.
• Appalachian.
• Ural.

France’s mountain ranges

• The Alps. The Alps can be divided into two distinct areas.
• The Pyrenees. Separating France from Spain, this mountain range creates an imposing and continuous barrier between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic across a distance of 430km.
• The Jura.
• The Vosges.
• The Massif Central.
• Corsica.

The Morvan

Mont Blanc

The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.

the Alps

1,400 people

There are 3 named mountains in Paris. The highest and the most prominent mountain is Montmartre.

Pyrenees

between 475 and 550 miles

Jacques Balmat

300 m, 324 m to tip

4,809 m

Mont Blanc (4808m) is harder than Aconcagua (6960m) and much harder than Kilimanjaro (5895m) The effort required on summit day exceeds that of running a marathon. You absolutely MUST have solid endurance fitness to do this (mountaineering experience not required)

The formation of the Mont Blanc Massif was completed towards the end of the Tertiary era, some 15 million years ago. Four succesive glaciations formed in the Quartenary era (an ice age) and helped to sculpt the present profile of the Mont Blanc range, excavating the Chamonix valley.

No. However there are two different modes of transport that can take you part way up the mountain. First is the gondola that takes you directly from Chamonix to the Aiguille Du Midi (3842m), from which most people begin their ascent of the Mont Blanc peak.

It’s a combination of the sheer numbers of people on the mountain, the low level of experience of the people climbing the mountain, and the approach of the guides, that’s causing the fatality rates on that mountain.”

Climbing Mont Blanc for beginners This may be one of the easiest routes, but it still requires a good level of fitness, acclimatisation, and adequate preparation.

The Hillary Step was a nearly vertical rock face with a height of around 12 metres (39 ft) located very high on Mount Everest at approximately 8,790 metres (28,839 ft) above sea level, near the summit. The Hillary Step was destroyed by an earthquake that struck the region in 2015.