2004-01-04 04:00:00 PDT Chamonix, France-- Even in the European Alps, where ski lifts as varied as the blades of a Swiss Army knife scale mountain after mountain, the 60-passenger téléphérique to the ...

Reporting from Chamonix, France — “Let’s have coffee while we wait,” Olivier Greber said, extending an offer I couldn’t pass up, even though I’d already had breakfast. The chance to test my skiing ...

CHAMONIX, France — "Follow my path exactly," my guide instructed sternly as we set off on the Vallee Blanche glacier descent, warning me of the crevasses hidden among the blankets of snow and boulders ...

One of the legendary spring skiing adventures is a trip down the Vallée Blanche along the rugged shoulders of Mont Blanc down into the mountaineering town of Chamonix, France. It is a life-long dream ...

The most accessible of Alpine resorts is the most difficult to get to grips with: a fragmented place of many ski areas, hamlets and villages in the orbit of Chamonix, a busy little town of Victorian ...

'Don't stray from my tracks at any point,' warns our guide Robert as he skis off across what we learn later to be a snow bridge covering a huge crevasse. There's no danger of that, I think, as our ...

The Vallée Blanche at Chamonix is one of the world's great ski-runs, arguably the best in the Alps that is accessible by ski lift. But it is something more than that: it is the most challenging ...

From Jerzy Snowman . . . Our French Alps ski tour with FranceGuide.com took us to the Vallee Blanche, the most famous run in Chamonix, France on Friday. Heck, the Valley Blanche is among the world's ...

Two great freeride itineraries on Mont Blanc introduced by Domenico Giusti and Giorgio Passino: Vallée Blanche from Courmayeur and Glacier Rond. Vallée Blanche is like Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct: ...

I simply love skiing in Europe’s Alps, and I’ve had my greatest, most memorable winter adventures exploring this lofty, rugged mountain range that spans the heart of Europe. One of my favorite areas, ...

The Vallée Blanche at Chamonix is one of the world's great ski-runs, arguably the best in the Alps that is accessible by ski lift. But it is something more than that: it is the most challenging ...

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