Living Chamonix

[...] Prarion 1969m This may be the easiest individual summit of them all. Take the Prarion lift from Les Houches. At the top find the path that heads north to the peak. It starts in a forest of sparse [...]

[...] our favourites are the historical walk around old Servoz village and the botanical trail in Les Houches. Each can be done in an hour and our own suggestion is to link them by taking a trail through [...]

[...] . Authors pick: ~Extensive flat snow play and first time with ski or snowboard on area. Trabert Les Houches town centre beginners slope. Good for Les Houches based groups. Authors pick ~Free use, that [...]

[...] ’s airstream pizza wagon is open we recommend his pizzas. To get to the car park head to Les Houches, then follow signs to the Prarion Telecabine (ski lift.) The car park is well signposted. [...]

[...] summit a path descends the south side towards the Chalets de Cailloux then quickly back to the car park. Alternatively drop into the north facing Carlaveyron cirque and up gentil slopes to the refuge [...]

[...] . Despite the name we have never spotted any tadpoles. Access can be from the Grands Montets car park. Walk up the track towards the Crèmerie du Glacier then turn left on the Petit Balcon in the Le [...]

[...] the black, offers long runs with ‘in your face views’ of the cliffs and glaciers of the Mont Blanc range. Les Houches Almost all the runs have tree cover and with a few exceptions are easy or [...]

[...] Alps become visible. You will soon enough be able to take in the 360 degree view, the whole Mont Blanc range, Dents du Midi and Bernese Oberland peaks dominate. There is just so much to look at, it is [...]

[...] to the south and the towering limestone cliffs of the Fiz to the north-west, villages in the Chamonix valley and the entirely empty Diosaz gorge. Start at Le Bettey, above Les Houches, take the well [...]

[...] First impressions on arriving in Argentière and the surrounding villages of the Chamonix valley is the scale of it. Neck ricking spires of rock with gravity defying slugs of glaciers [...]

[...] at a pace chosen by each child. Bored and tired children are not at all Amusing! The Chamonix valley is very lucky to have some really sweet play areas in natural settings offering a cool [...]

[...] gives a lift time.of boasts. PLEASE, unless you have the skills and equipment to take on off-piste glacier runs hire a professional. Mid-altitude areas. Le Tour-Balme A complete resort for all the [...]

[...] most of this time in Chamonix but that’s another story. Happy days:  skiing and making visual work. What is your favourite medium for work? I work in paint, often on glass, and am a [...]

[...] exhibition definitely ‘filled the well’ for me:  I do need to keep being inspired for visual work. These are my brief notes that I took as I walked around the exhibition, my personal [...]

[...] in Chamonix. There is a mini park les Houches, a large park with ski across at the Grands Montets,  a ski accross at le Tour and an airbag at Brevant and Flying K at Flégère. Here is a [...]

[...] lowdown on the high up (or not so high.) Where to ski and snowboard. High Altitude areas Les Grands Montets The top half of the mountain has most of the pistes and is world renowned for providing long [...]

Chamonix and it’s valley claim to be the world capital of alpinism. Rightly famous for cliff bound jagged peaks, the play ground for experienced cli [...]

First impressions on arriving in Argentière and the surrounding villages of the Chamonix valley is the scale of it. Neck ricking spires of rock with [...]

[...] lowdown on the high up (or not so high.) Where to ski and snowboard. High Altitude areas Les Grands Montets The top half of the mountain has most of the pistes and is world renowned for providing [...]