While Chamonix is best known for its endless steep skiing, there’s plenty to go around for everyone here. Steeped in skiing history, Chamonix, France, might well be one of the most famous ski towns on ...

The French Alps are a wintertime hotspot, the world class slopes attract ski and snowboard enthusiasts from all over the world. However, the villages in the valleys of the Alps also deserve attention ...

Chamonix is one of France’s leading ski resorts thanks to its rich history and varied skiing - Maxime Coquard/OT Vallee de Chamonix Chamonix has been at the sharp end of Alpine adventure since 1760, ...

For the novice or even competent adventurer, visiting a dedicated outdoor adventure destination can breed insecurity. There’s only so many carabiners (climbing), fluid suspension forks (mountain ...

In the mid-1920s, Paris was a center of intellectualism as a generation of writers, artists and expatriates—some of whom were veterans of the bloodiest conflict in modern history—shared ideas and ...

Before multiple cameras filmed skiers flying through the sky at enormous heights and snowboarders flipping in the air, Nordic skier Thorleif Haugh sped down the slopes and earned three gold medals.

Skiing in Chamonix can be unconventional and inconvenient, with the resort made of five unconnected ski areas, stretched out along the valley for 20kms. It can be exasperating, so on my most recent ...

Since 1924 French athletes have won 138 medals at the Winter Olympics; 41 gold, 42 silver, and 55 bronze medals, putting the ...

The planet we live on is full of amazing places worth visiting at least once in a lifetime. Some of these places become popular tourist attractions but there are so many that people do not even know ...

Chamonix is ground zero for steep skiing, and consequentially, it is one of the busiest places for search and rescue teams in the world. When the call for help goes out in Chamonix, France—the world ...

This new-construction Savoyard-style chalet in the heart of the French Alps resort community of Chamonix can be altered and redesigned by the buyer. "We have a construction plan in place with four ...