July 2009 - Here are some pics from my recent trip to Chamonix.
Chamonix town centre is very impressive on a clear sunny day - its hard to take a bad photo! Took a walk from the campsite up to "Chalet Floria" which is a little cafe perched on the south side of the valley.
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/scuba50/Chamonix?authkey=Gv1sRgCPnWrI2S773MNQ&feat=directlink
The next day, I took the cable car from Chamonix to Aiguelle du Midi which is the view point for Mont Blanc. Perfect weather with views back to the Swiss Alps, down to Italy and of course of Mont Blanc itself, which looks close by but its actually 1000m higher than Aiguelle du Midi. At 3800m, the view point is an incredible feat of 1950's engineering.
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/scuba50/AiguelleDuMidiMontBlanc?authkey=Gv1sRgCPmIrrO7kcGxjwE&feat=directlink
On the way down, you can get off the cable car for a great walk to Mer de Glace("Sea of Ice"). This is a huge glacial valley which runs down into the main Chamonix valley. Impressive views from the snaking path made for a memorable afternoon. The end of the walk is Montnevers, where there's a hotel and another little cable car down to the glacier itself. Decided to save that for another day and took the cog railway back to Chamonix.
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/scuba50/MerDeGlace?authkey=Gv1sRgCKq929OZupK6mwE&feat=directlink
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