page_title: Argentière
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Argentière / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Looking out over Argentiere Glacier. It was very much a case of 'so how do you use these ice axes?!?!?'&#160;:)
context_page_description: 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 1,252 m.
context_section_description: Argentière is located near the head of the valley of Chamonix approximately 7 km (4 mi) from Chamonix town. It is connected by road with Switzerland by the pass over the Col des Montets, and the Col de la Forclaz to Martigny in the Rhône valley. The village also lies on the route of the incredibly scenic Mont Blanc Express railway which runs from St Gervais and Le Fayet through Chamonix, Argentiere and Vallorcine before crossing the Franco/Swiss border at Chatelard, passing through Finhaut before reaching the end of the line in Martigny.
  The Argentière glacier lies to the southeast of the village, and is bound on its northeast side by the Aiguille du Chardonnet, the Aiguille d'Argentière and the Tour Noir, and on its southwest by the Aiguille Verte, Les Droites and Les Courtes. This area is generally known as the Argentière basin.
caption: The Argentière Glacier.
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