France - Chamonix
As known as Chamonix Mont-Blanc, Chamonix is a small town in French Alps, which is closest to the
highest peak of the Alps, Mont Blanc (4807m).
Main attractions of the town is to travel by cable cars to Aiguille du Midi (3842m) to watch Mont Blanc;
and to travel by mountain train to Montenvers to watch Mere de Glacier (Glacier Sea).
However, due to my flight from Hong Kong had been delayed for 6 hours, I was forced to cancel the
Montenvers part of the itinerary.
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The old Steam Locomotive that used to pull train cars to Montenvers
| Montenvers Mere de Glacier map near the Chamonix Mont Blanc train station
| Tarifs of the mountain train to Montenvers
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Cable cars map of the Chamoinx area
| Cable cars to Aiguille du Midi
| Cable cars station
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Cable cars station
| Looking at Mont Blanc (the middle) from Chamonix. The glacier in the middle is Glacier des Bossons
| Mont Blanc looks not that tall in Chamonix. From left : Mont Blanc (4807m), Dome du Gouter (4304m), Aiguille du Gouter (3835m)
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Aiguille du Midi (3842m)
| Aiguille du Midi
| Mont Blanc (middle white one)
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Mont Blanc (a quarter to the left)
| Sunset in Chamonix. Mont Blanc (left white one)
| Sunset in Chamonix. Mont Blanc (left white one)
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Sunset in Chamonix. Mont Blanc (left white one)
| Sunset in Chamonix. Mont Blanc (middle white one)
| At Aiguille du Midi : Direction board
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At Aiguille du Midi : From left : Mont Blanc (4807m), Dome du Gouter (4304m), Aiguille du Gouter (3835m)
| At Aiguille du Midi : Mont Blanc
| At Aiguille du Midi
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At Aiguille du Midi
| At Aiguille du Midi : The highest 2 peaks, from left : Grandes Jorasses (4208m), Dent du Geant (4013m)
| At Aiguille du Midi : Mont Blanc at the right
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At Aiguille du Midi : Directions board
| At Aiguille du Midi : The highest 2 peaks, from left : Grandes Jorasses (4208m), Dent du Geant (4013m)
| At Aiguille du Midi
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At Aiguille du Midi
| At Aiguille du Midi : The architecture at the summit of Aiguille du Midi
| At Aiguille du Midi : Looking down to the cable cars station and resturant from the summit. Background is the town of Chamonix
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At Aiguille du Midi : Mont Blanc
| At Aiguille du Midi :
| Back in Chamonix. From left : Mont Blanc (4807m), Dome du Gouter (4304m), Aiguille du Gouter (3835m)
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