The glacier near Chamonix is legendary. Now it's getting easier to visit. Courtesy of Chamonix Mont Blanc In the world of skiing and mountaineering, Chamonix, France is legendary. The small community ...

Soar into the heart of the French Alps with this majestic drone footage of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Fly through the deep, ...

A spate of fatal avalanches has struck the French Alps amid persistently unstable conditions following heavy snowfall. This ...

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, ...

Prior to 2018, I’d never been to Chamonix before and had no idea what to expect. I knew it was a ski-resort town and home of ...

Steeped in skiing history, Chamonix, France, might well be one of the most famous ski towns on the planet. That’s for good reason, given the endless options for skiing here in one of the most ...

At 6:00 p.m. on the last Friday in August before the town Hall of Chamonix in the Alpine region of eastern France, 2,406 men and 355 women began a running race that would take them mostly on dirt ...

The best part of skiing in France is undoubtedly the food. Here’s a shortlist of favorites from traveling to ski in the Mont Blanc Range. France is the land that invented après ski, and it’s ...

The first Winter Olympics, which opened on Jan. 25, 1924, in Chamonix, France, weren’t called “the Olympics” at the time. In short, the name was “International Winter Sports Week.” In full, in French, ...