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 ...