CHAMONIX is a no-nonsense mountain city, located in the Rhone-Alpes region of eastern France. Looming high above is the daunting, yet spectacularly majestic sight of Mont Blanc. The site of the very ...

As I lace up my trail running shoes, zip up my shell, and cinch down my pack in the center of Chamonix, France, I find it impossible not to be awed by the site of Mont Blanc. The 15,555-foot peak--the ...

Chamonix, an Alpine town that is among the most magnificent tourist sites in France, located at the foot of Mont Blanc, has a problem. Despite being the world capital of mountaineering, the area has ...