For the novice or even competent adventurer, visiting a dedicated outdoor adventure destination can breed insecurity. There’s only so many carabiners (climbing), fluid suspension forks (mountain ...

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, ...

In the mid-1920s, Paris was a center of intellectualism as a generation of writers, artists and expatriates—some of whom were veterans of the bloodiest conflict in modern history—shared ideas and ...

Lo primero que debes saber de Chamonix es que, aunque se trata de una localidad francesa a los pies del Mont Blanc, está a apenas una hora de la ciudad suiza de Ginebra y tres de la italiana Milán, es ...

The French Alps are a wintertime hotspot, the world class slopes attract ski and snowboard enthusiasts from all over the world. However, the villages in the valleys of the Alps also deserve attention ...

Read more about Chamonix, France in our World’s Best Ski Towns story. Chamonix, France is a small alpine world in a big valley. As the home to some of the highest and best concentrations of ...

Not quite ready to put away the skis and boards until next winter? The ski season is just reaching it’s zenith in March and April in Chamonix, France. Chamonix, where the first Olympic Winter Games ...

The government closed ski lifts, fearing they might spread the coronavirus. The skiers came anyway. Credit...Pete Kiehart for The New York Times Supported by Photographs and Text by Pete Kiehart ...

The town of Chamonix, France, looks like any other bustling mountain town in the Alps—until you look up. The pure vertical relief is mind-boggling: Granite mountains shoot 10,000 vertical feet from ...

Chamonix is ground zero for steep skiing, and consequentially, it is one of the busiest places for search and rescue teams in the world. When the call for help goes out in Chamonix, France—the world ...

Before the Winter Olympics became the spectacle it is today, it began as a modest ensemble of athletes in Chamonix, France. The snowy, French commune hosted the first winter games with 16 ...