Jolly says: Chamonix is in a deep valley at the foot of Mont-Blanc, Europe's highest summit at 4810 m. This was the birthplace of mountaineering and continues to be internationally pre-eminent for alpine sports. You can take famous lifts to the top of the ridge, but it's far cooler to join those jogging up on skins. You can ski down some good pistes, but why not join in the fun off-piste and risk breaking your neck, knowing that your guide probably climbed Everest and K2 before breakfast. Warm up with the scenic 12 mile Vallée Blanche. The town has some old charm, particularly when the deep valley stays frozen and everyting is covered in thick frost, and a good selection of shops and restaurants, but really is a mecca for serious climbers and wannabes who dude around bragging about their latest extreme snowboarding feat.
Chamonix is in a deep valley at the foot of Mont-Blanc, Europe's highest summit at 4810 m. This was the birthplace of mountaineering and continues to be internationally pre-eminent for alpine sports. You can take famous lifts to the top of the ridge, but it's far cooler to join those jogging up on skins. You can ski down some good pistes, but why not join in the fun off-piste and risk breaking your neck, knowing that your guide probably climbed Everest and K2 before breakfast. Warm up with the scenic 12 mile Vallée Blanche. The town has some old charm, particularly when the deep valley stays frozen and everyting is covered in thick frost, and a good selection of shops and restaurants, but really is a mecca for serious climbers and wannabes who dude around bragging about their latest extreme snowboarding feat.