The two-stage cable car from Chamonix town to Plan de l’Aiguille (2,170m) and Aiguille du Midi (3,842m) is an engineering marvel and sightseeing highlight in itself.

There are high peaks in between, notably the 13,524-foot Aiguille Verte. Another system of steep ladders there took us up cliffs to the Talèfre basin on the south side of the Courtes Ridge.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Aiguille Verte, the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is producing a film retracing the major dates of this summit which is so ...

EXCLUSIVE Inside Chamonix's ski patrol: What really goes on behind the scenes to keep pistes safe at a resort in the French Alps… from avalanche bombs to dog rescues ...

There's a reason some of the gutsiest steep skiers in the world call Chamonix, France, home. In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering marvel ...

Chamonix is seeing the effects of climate change (Picture: Supplied) At the bottom of the Vallée Blanche – the thigh-killing 23km descent from the 3,842m Aiguille du Midi to Chamonix – there ...

In September 1967, rumours began to circulate around Chamonix of a daring descent on skis down the treacherous, 55-degree Couloir Spencer on the Aiguille de Blaitière.