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 ...

The next Winter Olympics arrive in the French Alps in February 2030—and the host country is rewriting the playbook.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine you and your favorite travel partner dangling in your own private little gondola, gliding silently for 40 minutes as you float above the crags and crevasses of the vast Géant Glacier. On your ...

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 ...