Mont Blanc is a huge mountain range located in the Western Alps on the border of France and Italy. Its size can be judged by the following fact: the massif has as many as 18 peaks with an altitude of more than 4000 meters above sea level! The highest of them has the same name - Mont Blanc, which is translated from French as "White Mountain".
For a long time, all reference books indicated that the height of the mountain is 4807 meters, but now the value of 4810 meters is considered more reliable. A toll tunnel 11.6 kilometers long is laid under this massif, with the help of which you can cross the French-Italian border.
The majestic beauty of Mont Blanc has inspired creative people from generation to generation: artists, writers, composers. And then Mont Blanc became a real paradise for climbers and fans of alpine skiing. In the immediate vicinity of the highest peak of this massif, there is the world famous ski resort - the town of Chamonix, where the first Winter Olympic Games took place in 1924. The Chamonix Valley, which is 16 kilometers long, is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful places in Europe. Its slopes abound with slopes of any complexity category, and in the town itself there are a lot of hotels for every taste and budget. The guests of the town can enjoy the highest level of service and, at the same time, fabulously beautiful landscapes.
However, where the mountains are, there is danger. "White killers" - as snow avalanches have been called since ancient times - the horror of the Alps. And the worst reputation, perhaps, is at one of the peaks of the Mont Blanc massif - a mountain with a height of 4465 meters. Its very name says a lot: Mont Maudit - "Cursed Mountain". In the old days, local residents believed that it was on it that evil spirits lived, who sent avalanches to people who disturbed their peace. Now it is the 21st century, almost no one believes in spirits, but the inhabitants of the Chamonix Valley still claim that it is from this mountain that the most powerful avalanches often come down. And these are not empty words: in 1991, a monstrous avalanche that fell from the slope of the Cursed Mountain destroyed 14 houses. Now this tragedy is reminded of a large stone cross, erected in the place where people once lived.