The hike to the Albert Iᵉʳ Glacier and the nearby refuge is one of the many dramatic trails in the Chamonix area. It wasn’t originally on our list, but a local recommended it, and I’m really glad we ...

CHAMONIX, France — Monday, our fifth and final day in the Alps, dawned crystal clear. This was what we had waited for, through a gray weekend, after turning back two days earlier on a rain-slick ...

Chamonix is France’s premier ski town and is well-known for luxurious lodges and great slopes to hit in the winter. But it’s also so, so beautiful in summer. Chamonix fills a valley carved between ...

With soaring peaks on its doorstep the town is an international hotspot. Mountain guide Julien ‘Pica’ Herry tells us what he loves about the birthplace of alpinism Cool Cats in the Rue de Moulins is ...