Steeped in skiing history, Chamonix, France, might well be one of the most famous ski towns on the planet. That’s for good reason, given the endless options for skiing here in one of the most ...

Panic is rippling through the French Alpine village of Pralognan-la-Vanoise as a glacial lake perched high above the ...

Sitting just north of Mont Blanc, Chamonix, also known as Chamonix Mont Blanc, is a commune in southeastern France's Auvergne Rhone Alpes region. In the company of the most famous mountain in the ...

How to Get to and Around Chamonix, France. Chamonix is one the most accessible towns in the Alps to visit. The international airport of Geneva (GVA), Switzerland is about an hour (55 miles) from ...

On Day 12, again in France, we surmounted the trail’s famous “ladder section” (not nearly as intense as we had been led to believe), and marched back into Chamonix, weary but thrilled to ...

The local France-Bleu radio station put the size of the avalanche at 3,280 feet long and 328 feet wide. National weather agency Meteo France had not issued a specific avalanche warning for Sunday ...

The festival village hosts daily guest speakers, including talks from the world’s top alpinists, as well as a programme of live music. ... Ultra-tour du Mont-Blanc, Chamonix, France.

It also links into France’s national SNCF network and Switzerland’s SBB network, so you can easily arrive from elsewhere by train. The valley also has an extensive local bus network that connects all ...

Steeped in skiing history, Chamonix, France, might well be one of the most famous ski towns on the planet. That’s for good reason, given the endless options for skiing here in one of the most ...