Mont Dolent
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Mont Dolent is a mountain
Mountain
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 in the Mont Blanc massif
Mont Blanc Massif
The Mont Blanc massif is a mountain range in the western Alps. It is named after Mont Blanc, at 4,810.45 m the highest summit of the Alps. It is located in France , Italy , and Switzerland...

 that lies on the border of Italy
Italy
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 and Switzerland
Switzerland
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.

It is generally considered the tripoint
Tripoint
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 between France
France
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, Italy and Switzerland, although the point itself lies at 3,749 metres, north-west of the summit of Mont Dolent.

The first ascent of the mountain was made on 9 July 1864 by A. Reilly and Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper , was an English illustrator, climber and explorer best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. On the descent four members of the party were killed.-Early life:...

 with guides Michel Croz
Michel Croz
Michel Auguste Croz was a French mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of alpinism...

, H. Charlet and M. Payot. Whymper described the ascent in Scrambles amongst the Alps:
We occupied the 9th with a scramble up Mont Dolent. This was a miniature ascent. It contained a little of everything. First we went up to the Petit Col Ferret, and had a little grind over shaly banks; then there was a little walk over grass; then a little tramp over a moraine (which, strange to say, gave a pleasant path); then a little zizagging over the snow-covered glacier of Mont Dolent. Then there was a little bergschrund, then a little wall of snow [. . .] The summit itself was little, very small indeed; it was the loveliest little cone of snow that was ever piled up on a mountain-top; so soft, so pure; it seemed a crime to defile it; it was a miniature Jungfrau; a toy summit, you could cover it with a hand.

Huts

  • Rifugio Elena – 2,062 m
  • Bivacco Fiorio – 2,800 m
  • Bivouac du Dolent - la Maye – 2,667 m
  • Cabane de l'A Neuve
    Cabane de l'A Neuve
    The Cabane de l'A Neuve is a mountain hut in the Swiss Alps at 2,735 metres above sea level open for visitors. It can be reached from the Val Ferret. The hut lies below the Grand Darray on the south side in the Mont Blanc Massif. Other summits close to the hut are the Tour Noir , the Grande Lui ...

    – 2,761 m
  • Refuge d'Argentiere – 2,771 m

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