Aiguille du Midi
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The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842-metre-tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that ta
The Aiguille du Midi in summer
A panoramic view of Mont Blanc from Aiguille du Midi
Mont Blanc View from L'Aguille du Midi
View over Les Houches
Chamonix
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known simply as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter
Aiguille du Midi
…12,605 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc. The idea for a cable car to the summit, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was originally proposed around…
The Chamonix Valley seen in 2010 from La Flégère with Mont Blanc in the background
Horace Bénédict de Saussure, with Jacques Balmat (left) who points towards the summit of Mont Blanc, Monument at Chamonix.
Chamonix Valley: crossing the glacier on foot (between 1902 and 1904)
Front and façade of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc railway station.