Val Veny (also Val Vény) is a lateral valley of the Mont Blanc massif, lying to the south-west of Courmayeur, at 2514m above sea level. The valley head is at the Seigne Pass.
Geography Val Veny was formed by two glaciers: the Miage Glacier and the Brenva Glacier.
Val Veny is divided into three parts: the part that lies parallel to the Mont Blanc massif, between the Seigne pass (2,512m) and part of the Miage Glacier the part called Plan Vény the mouth of the valley, dominated by Mont Blanc and the lower Brenva Glacier (1,444m)
Chécrouit Lake (2,165m) lies on the right side of the Val Veny, near Courmayeur. On the opposite side you can see Mont Blanc, the Dent du Géant (4,013 m ) and the Brenva Glacier.
At the entrance of the valley lies the Notre Dame de Guérison sanctuary.
Mountaineering Val Veny is the starting point of the normal Italian route on Mont Blanc via the Miage Glacier and the Gonella mountain hut.
Shelters and bivouacs Refuge Mont-Blanc - 1,700m Refuge Maison Vieille - 1,956m Refuge Élisabeth - 2,195m Refuge Monzino - 2,590m Refuge Francesco Gonella - 3,071m Refuge Durier - 3,358m Refuge Quintino Sella - 3,363m Bivouac Lorenzo Borelli - Carlo Pivano - 2,310m Bivouac Adolphe Hess - 2,958m Bivouac Gino Rainetto - 3,047m Bivouac de la Brenva - 3,060m Bivouac Piero Craveri - 3,490m Bivouac Alberico - Borgna à la Fourche - 3,680m Bivouac Marco Crippa - 3,850m Bivouac Giuseppe Lampugnani - 3,860m
See also Valdigne
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