The village close to Europes highest mountain, the Mont Blanc. The 1924 Winter Olympics were held here. Home of all connoisseur ski bums and mountain loving alpinists. Good in summer and in winter. Chamonix serves as an ideal playground for almost all types of outdoor activity, especially in their more extreme variants, such as ice climbing, rock climbing, extreme skiing, paragliding, rafting, canyoning.
Chamonix is famous for its spectacular cable car up to the Aiguille du Midi (3842m). Constructed in 1955 it was then the highest cable car in the world. Together with a cable car system going up to the Point Helbronner (3462m) from Entréves in the Aosta Valley (Italy) it is possible to cross the entire Mont Blanc Massif by cable car.
Place aliases (2)
Write a tip
Glaciers all around the world are growing smaller and smaller every year. You better hurry. 248 days, 13 hours ago
There is many places in Chamonix were you can enjoy good after ski. Maybe the best place is the biggest nigth-club. There is every nigth a Dj playing different kind of music. So if you like to dance and listen good party music, I can recommend this place to you:) 37 days, 17 hours ago
A lot of young people enjoying the slopes. The slopes were almost too crowded but there were no queues to the lifts. The resort was quite well organized: after one of the cabins going from a ski area to another was closed because of an avalanche, we were provided a quick bus ride from the nearest village back to our car. 140 days, 19 hours ago
I was surprised to find out that there are also on piste avalanches! We were going from Flegere to Brevent when we found out that the connecting cabin was closed because of an avalanche... 293 days, 19 hours ago
Images from Flickr. View bigger size for authorship information
Images from Flickr. View bigger size for authorship information
Great shows, cabarets, stand-up! There are also other options than just bars! I want to know, where have You been! Let's share the great shows together!
A group for sharing all snowboarding (and skiing) experiences.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away. -Anonymous | This is a group for people who have been around. If you have at least 5% of the 1000 places in the list, you're welcome to this group! The official list is in the book http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/
Links for tag: chamonix-mont-blanc
frommers.com:
But the second stage, to the Aiguille du Midi station at 3,781m (12,405 ft.), may make your heart leap, especially when the car rises 600m (1,970 ft.) between towers.
Read more from
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/chamonix-mont...
wikipedia.org:
In the summer months Chamonix is a mecca for alpine mountaineers, drawn to the area by challenges like the north face of the Dru, the Frendo Spur on the Aiguille du Midi, traversing the Alps on the legendary GR 5 footpath or more accessible challenges like summitting Mont Blanc (by a number of possible routes).
Read more from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamonix
world66.com:
Bordeaux and the Atlantic Coast Central France and the Loire Valley Corsica Eastern France and Champagne Lyon, the Rhone valley and the French Alps Moulins Normandy & Brittany Northern France.
Read more from
http://www.world66.com/europe/france/alpes/chamoni...
frommers.com:
With exceptional equipment -- gondolas, cable cars, and chairlifts -- Chamonix is among Europe's major sports resorts, attracting an international crowd with lots of English and Swedish skiers.
Read more from
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/chamonix-mont...
wikipedia.org:
With its 4,808 m ,it is the highest mountain in the Alps, and in Western Europe.
Read more from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc
Tags are links to related articles in the best sources for this place.