Yes, the resort is...expensive, but it is a place for the beautiful.

You can pack all these experiences into your vacation, providing you plan ahead. Have a look at "How To Get The Most Out Of Your Week's Skiing in Chamonix".

Vallee Blanche

Chamonix France: Orientation

This ski resort is a collection of villages and the town of Chamonix Mont Blanc. It'd be useful to you to gain some orientation of the valley and ski regions before you book your accommodation.

You'll find the resort centered around a classy, elite resort town. It’s a beautiful place for beautiful people.

Whether you’re an all-out skier, here to ski chamonix or looking for family skiing holidays, Cham has something for you. We know because our family are dedicated skiers and travelers and we’ve skied every one of the resort’s intermediate and advanced runs. We’ve also explored many of Cham’s many non-ski activities and yes, we've also traveled to the nearby historic towns while based here.

Ski Resorts In France: Review Cham

We consider this resort as one of the world's top ski resorts as:

• The best feature of skiing in France, at this resort is the Unlimited Ski Pass. This entitles you access to ski in 3 countries. You get to ski Courmayeur Italy and the resort favoured by the British Royals, Verbier Switzerland

• The legendary pistes in the Valley really are world-class. In fact, when you ski Les Houches, you’re on the World Cup Downhill race piste. What more, the very first winter Olympics were hosted here.

• The Valle Blanche is an amazing adventure. It’s a MUST!

Cham Holidays for Non-Skiers

There are a number of interesting activities like the Aiguille du Midi Cable Car, the wonderful train ride on the Montenvers train, exploring inside the ice caves on the glacier, the Mer de Glace.

You can meet up with your skiing buddies for lunch at the on-slope restaurants Chamonix has located conveniently on the mountains. The mountain views are spectacular.

Cham for the whole "Travel and Ski Europe" Experience

• Cham is just an hour to an hour and a half from some amazing towns like
o Montreux Switzerland( the Riviera of Switzerland);
o CERN Switzerland (the amazing laboratory and Large Hadron Collider, where the beginnings of the Cosmos are being investigated…like, how amazing is that!);
o Annecy France(the medieval city known as the “little Venice of France”)

Main Square

Argentiere Glacier

Chamonix Skiing!

The skiing experience is excellent, varied and challenging. The resort is extensive and has large spans of mountain area that would suit beginners, intermediates and has the variety to keep advanced skiers challenged.

There are a number of beginners areas; for intermediate skiers, the ski regions to explore are extensive - there's the three massive ski regions (Brevent, Flegere and Domaine de Balme) as well as Les Houches and the lower part of Les Grands Montets.

For advanced skiers, you'll find long black runs at all the ski regions including the most popular black runs at Les Grands Montets and you must ski Les Houches.

Of course, as I've mentioned earlier, there's the Italian and Swiss co-partnered resorts to explore.

I should mention the snow parks were well patronised - great fun for skiers and boarders.

Plan For Skiing in Chamonix

More so here in Cham, than in other ski resorts, you must plan ahead so as to maximise value for your time skiing. As you know, this resort is very popular and of course, access is easy, given it’s only an hour from Geneva Airport.

What this means for you, is - most things get booked out quickly. So, the first thing you must do as soon as you get to Cham is to check the Chamonix Weather forecast.

Then, select a fine day and immediately book your ski guide to ski the Valle Blanche. When you read our report on the adventure down Vallee Blanche, you’ll see why it’s best to have fine weather.

Valle Blanche Crevasse

And secondly, book your bus to Courmayeur in Italy. The skiing just across the border is FAN-TAS-TIC. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced skier, you will totally love this place!

Really, you have to do these pronto! The free ski buses to Courmayeur get booked out remarkably quickly.

If this is your first time on the off-piste Vallee Blanche, you’ll need a ski-guide to guide you over the snow bridges that form across the crevasses. Besides the skiing, it’s the adventure and the unique experience on the glacier, the Mer de Glace.

Hotels in Chamonix

We tell you the most central location for apartments and hotels in the valley. You’ll need to consider location as the last thing you’d want to do is spend vacation time commuting to your preferred ski regions or hiking to get the kids to ski-school or just the annoyance of being on the fringe …close but not close enough.

The villages in the Valley are rustic and charming.

Apartments and Hotels in Cham

Restaurants Chamonix

Oh…the on-slope restaurants, are perfectly located so that non-skiers can meet up and enjoy a lovely lunch with their skiing companions.

Yumm…My mouth’s watering thinking about the best hamburgers, EVER, at Loco Poco in the main square.

Getting to Cham to ski France

We got here the hard way and left the easy way...so, we've experienced all the three ways of transfers - by car, train and plane. But it was worth it to get to ski France and resorts in two additional countries.

Let’s Go!

To help you take control of your holidays, you’ll find the Site Map useful to locate what you’d like to research. I’ve shortened the most important of what you’ll need to know in “Mont Blanc Ski Resort: Top 20 Tips”.

So, here we go - Your guide to Chamonix - for skiers and non-skiers. Join me!.