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Why Chamonix & Mont Blanc, France.
Chamonix sits at the foot of Mont Blanc (4,808m), Western Europe’s highest peak — the birthplace of alpinism and of the 1924 first Winter Olympics.
The Aiguille du Midi cable car climbs to 3,842m and the famous “Step into the Void” glass box; from the top, experienced skiers drop into the legendary off-piste Vallée Blanche.
Summer transforms it into a hiking and trail-running mecca — the Tour du Mont Blanc and the UTMB ultramarathon both pass through town.
The Mer de Glace, France’s largest glacier, is reached by the cog railway from town — a stark, sobering measure of a retreating ice age.
It is an hour from Geneva airport, making it one of the most accessible high-alpine destinations in the world.
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