1
: a principal mountain mass
2
: a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change
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Guests stay in one of 62 luxury suites, all with panoramic views of the massif of the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The trip would see the duo aim to become the first ever to finish a single-day traverse of all five icy granite towers of the Devils Thumb massif, located in the Stikine Ranges mountain range that straddle the Alaska-British Columbia border.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
In one particularly remarkable day, Jornet climbed 16 new 4000m peaks along the Mont Blanc massif, including Mont Blanc itself (4,808m) and the Grandes Jorasses (4,208m).
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
The massif is, somewhat counterintuitively, a water-rich desert landscape, composed of sandstone sitting on a granite Precambrian substrata that holds seasonal pools of water, or gueltas, which support a remarkable diversity of life.
—Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The trip would see the duo aim to become the first ever to finish a single-day traverse of all five icy granite towers of the Devils Thumb massif, located in the Stikine Ranges mountain range that straddle the Alaska-British Columbia border.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
In one particularly remarkable day, Jornet climbed 16 new 4000m peaks along the Mont Blanc massif, including Mont Blanc itself (4,808m) and the Grandes Jorasses (4,208m).
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
The massif is, somewhat counterintuitively, a water-rich desert landscape, composed of sandstone sitting on a granite Precambrian substrata that holds seasonal pools of water, or gueltas, which support a remarkable diversity of life.
—Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
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