Chamonix Snow conditions winter 2024
You may be hearing that the ski conditions in the Alps this year are bad. Worse than we have had for years…. yes its true. It started out well, after experiencing an exceptionally warm October the temperature changed rapidly. We found ourselves in November with sub zero temperatures. It snowed lots and people were generally […]
Mont-Blanc Tunnel closing
The latest news coming from the Mont-Blanc tunnel is that there will be major closures coming from 2023. there are 2 reasons for this, the work planned for2022 is much more complicated than previously thought. Secondly, they have “found” asbestos in the tunnel which legally now has to be removed. The Closures for 2023 will […]
TMB (Tour Du Mont Blanc)
This world famous trekking route is about kick off again for 2023, are you ready? The tour du Mont Blanc covers a distance of 165 KM’s with 10,000m of up and down. It’s a wonderful route that attracts many people from all over the world. It passes through France, Switzerland and Italy and can be […]
Winter 21/22 is Coming
Winter is coming and its going to be big! Well, at least its going to be busy! By all accounts the bookings are coming in, some hotels are already fully booked for certain periods and restaurants are already full to bursting. Yes thats right already full to bursting and there isn’t even any snow yet!. […]
Mont-Blanc Natural Resort Covid
After the latest announcement from the French President Emanuel Macron, we are now in Confinement until 1st December at the earliest. This may be extended for another 2 weeks or 4 weeks. What does this mean for Xmas in Chamonix? nobody knows yet. Confinement could be lifted in time to allow Xmas holidays to go […]
Winter 2020/21
With Covid19 on everyones mids at the moment how is it going to effect the Ski season in the Alps. Well one thing is for sure…… The Chamonix winter season of 2020/21 is going to go down as a strange one, I already know this on 22 October 2020. There will be snow on the […]
First snow in Chamonix
Some people say its a good thing when the snow comes early, I can’t comment on that. What i do know is that this year the first snow has come early in Chamonix and all over the Alps. Its been raining/snowing now in Chamonix for well over a week and the forecast says more is […]
Summer in Chamonix 2020
The 2020 summer Season in Chamonix is going to be very different to normal. Firstly, All the major sporting events are cancelled. No Marathon du Mont-Blanc, No climbing championships and no UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc) to name just a few. Although this might be very annoying for the thousands of people who were planning […]
Geneva to Chamonix Transfers Covid Situation
Since the beginning of the Covid crisis its been difficult to know if we are allowed (or even able) to travel over the Swiss boarder and into France transiting through Geneva airport. Firstly, are there even any flights?…….. At the time of writing there are exactly 6 flights per day into Geneva airport, so your […]
Covid 19
Covid 19 Taxi
