Planpraz (Brévent)
Guide
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$42ViewpointAllow 2–4 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A gondola ride straight up from town to a shelf at about 2,000 m facing the whole Mont Blanc massif across the valley, glaciers and all, with paragliders launching beside you and a balcony path along the slope.
A brief history
The Brévent lift first opened in the late 1920s, among the early cable cars of the Alps.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, before cloud builds on the peaks
- Cost
- About €24 return (check); the Aiguille du Midi cable car across the valley costs about €75 (check)
- Allow
- 2–4 h
- Hours
- Usually runs in the ski season and from mid-June to mid-September, about 8:30–17:00; closed in between (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Brévent, Flégère and the Aiguilles Rouges: The sunny west side of the valley facing Mont Blanc: lifts to balcony paths, high lakes and a nature reserve.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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