Chamonix has a way of making ordinary mountain towns look as though they are not fully committed to the assignment. The valley sits at the foot of Mont Blanc, and the official tourist office presents ...

Imagine yourself and your favorite travel partner dangling in your own private little gondola, gliding silently for 40 minutes as you cross the Mer de Glace, or “sea of ice.” You just left the last ...

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's reputation precedes it, but does skiing in the macho stalwart of the Alps live up to the hype? Katie writes about skiing for many of the UK’s leading specialist titles. She is now in-house ...

Buried deep in snow at 2,100 metres (6,889ft) in the ski resort of Chamonix in the French Alps – in the shadow of Mont Blanc – a scurrying sound is coming from above. It’s followed by panting and ...

From LAX, Swiss, Air France, KLM, British and Lufthansa have connecting service (with a change of plane) to Geneva, 60 miles from Chamonix. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $469. To get to ...

The easiest way to reach the Mer de Glace glacier from Montenvers railway station is to take the gondola ski lift that descends from the platform down to the valley floor, a couple of hundred metres ...