And I’ve been ‘saved’ in the wild snowscape of the Grands Montets ski area. Welcome to a day in the life of the Chamonix ski patrol team. Each winter, around 300 people are rescued by the ...

Perhaps the greatest tram-accessed, backcountry ski run in the world starts high above Chamonix, the famed ski village nestled deep in the French Alps. Chamonix has some of the most vaunted and varied ...

"Skiing is so fun compared to that, and I just fell in love with it." DeMonte and her partner, Jack Kuenzle, arrived in Chamonix this past February. In Chamonix, there are lifts skiers use to access ...

The best mountain towns in the world are blessed with natural beauty, woven together with a tapestry of history and culture ...

France's Lionel Claudepierre has set a new record on the Chamonix - Zermatt Haute Route ski mountaineering traverse in a record 18 hours and 35 minutes. Mountain Guide Paolo Tombini shares his views ...

But next on my itinerary is Flaine, just over an hour’s drive from Chamonix. The resort is part of the Grand Massif, the fifth largest interconnected ski area in France, offering 265km of ...

Skiing, while not required to enjoy your visit ... The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. The town, more commonly referred to as Chamonix, sits in the heart of ...

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 ...

A vintage poster highlights the dramatic Alpine scenery of the Chamonix valley. (Photo by Ben Davidson) Perhaps the greatest tram-accessed, backcountry ski run in the world starts high above ...