Mont Buet

Mont Buet
Mont Buet
Highest point
Elevation	3,096 m (10,157 ft)
Prominence	602 m (1,975 ft)
Parent peak	Dents du Midi
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	46°01′30″N 06°51′09″E / 46.02500°N 6.85250°E
Geography
	Mont Buet France
	Location of Mont Buet 3km; 2miles France Switzerland Tête à l'ane Grenier de; Commune Aiguille du Belvédère Le Cheval; Blanc Fonts; refuge Grenairon; refuge Pierre à Bérard; refuge Mont Buet France
Location	Haute-Savoie, France
Parent range	Chablais Alps
Climbing
First ascent	25 September 1770 by Jean-André Deluc
Easiest route	The mountain is easily climbed from the Chamonix valley. There is a chalet en route, which sells refreshments during the summer months. The main obstacles are a boulder field and a short ice field. Carrying an ice axe is recommended here in case of a slip, although I found crampons unnecessary. The top is likely to be snow-covered, even in summer, but one is rewarded by a splendid view of Mt. Blanc just across the valley, and of the Alps of Haute Savoie.

The Mont Buet (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ bɥɛ]; 3,096 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps in Haute-Savoie, France. Mont Buet has played an important role in the history of science at the end of the eighteenth century when a series of Genevan scientists such as Jean-André Deluc, Horace Bénédict de Saussure or Marc-Auguste Pictet climbed to the summit to carry out scientific observations. Before the first successful ascents on the Mont Blanc in 1786, Mont Buet was "the highest among those accessible in this area" of the Alps.^[2] Mont Buet remains a popular destination especially because of the exceptional view on Mont Blanc, and the panoramic view from the summit.

^ Swisstopo maps
^ Michel-Gabriel Paccard quoted in Peter H. Hansen, The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment (Harvard University Press, 2013), p. 70. Paccard, who climbed on Mont Buet in 1778, made the first accredited ascent of Mont Blanc, together with Jacques Balmat, on 8 August 1786.

[1] Swisstopo maps

[2] Michel-Gabriel Paccard quoted in Peter H. Hansen, The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment (Harvard University Press, 2013), p. 70. Paccard, who climbed on Mont Buet in 1778, made the first accredited ascent of Mont Blanc, together with Jacques Balmat, on 8 August 1786.

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