Pointe Helbronner, Mountain summit at France-Italy border, Mont Blanc massif.

Pointe Helbronner is a 3,462 m summit on the France-Italy border in the Mont Blanc massif, between the Dent du Géant and the Col de la Tour Ronde. Its steep granite face rises from a fan of grey scree, with snow and ice clinging to the upper slopes. A small blue-roofed structure stands on the summit ridge, and the Skyway Monte Bianco station has a circular 14-metre terrace.

The summit, once only a geodetic reference point, was named after Paul Helbronner, a French polytechnicien, alpinist and geodesist who pioneered detailed cartography of the French Alps and the Mont Blanc massif. Since 2015 the Skyway Monte Bianco cable car from La Palud has terminated on the peak, replacing the historic Funivie del Monte Bianco. In June 2015 Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made repeated territorial claims there.

The summit is named after Paul Helbronner, the French geodesist and alpinist who pioneered detailed cartography of the French Alps. The upper station of the Skyway Monte Bianco, opened in 2015, holds a permanent exhibition called "Crystal Cave" with quartz and mineral specimens found in the Mont Blanc massif by local crystal hunters, plus a multimedia room on the history of local mountaineering.

The Skyway Monte Bianco cable car climbs from La Palud, or you can arrive from Aiguille du Midi via the Panoramic Mont Blanc gondola. Bring warm clothing since temperatures drop significantly at this altitude and weather can change quickly.

The circular terrace on the summit station measures 14 metres across and gives a 360-degree view that takes in Mont Blanc, the Dente del Gigante, the Grandes Jorasses and the Matterhorn. Inside the same building, the permanent "Crystal Cave" exhibition displays quartz crystals and minerals found in the massif by local crystal hunters.