Buried deep in snow at 2,100 metres (6,889ft) in the ski resort of Chamonix in the French Alps – in the shadow of Mont Blanc – a scurrying sound is coming from above. It’s followed by ...
Free with my ski pass, I’m back at the Big Sky hotel in 15 minutes and there’s plenty of time for a soak in the hot tub ...
Because of its long history as a tourist destination, Chamonix is home to some of the oldest, grandest ski resort hotels you’ll find anywhere in the world. The Grand Hotel des Alpes dates to ...
Park the car here and spend the night in a hotel, to then catch the train or bus to Chamonix early the next morning. Reach Argentiere by bus and take the Grands Montets (3297m) cable car. From the top ...
Or they take it more leisurely and spend the first night at Refuge d'Argentière. Five, better still six days of regal ski mountaineering trace a line which crosses different 1:25000 maps from Chamonix ...
Free with my ski pass, I’m back at the Big Sky hotel in 15 minutes and there’s plenty of time for a soak in the hot tub before dinner. It’s taken me years to get my head around Chamonix ...