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Chamonix

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98% of people who have been to Chamonix think it's worth visiting. Chamonix is located in Haute Savoie and the most popular places are Tour du Mont-Blanc, L'Aguille Du Midi, and Chamonix. Chamonix is featured on the lists Where should I go this fall?, 50 Best Places to Ski and Snowboard, and Skiiiii.

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Cham by Kahlebecker

Sick skiing

over 3 years ago

Untitled by chaugirl

A quaint little Skiing resort town at the based of Mont Blanc. Spectacular view!

over 4 years ago

I loved the town and snow ;) by Jlcd305

it was a great trip- we were there for new years, all the guys went snowboarding and me and my girl-friend hung out and went shopping-we took tons of pictures. it was a lot of fun and i recomend it to anyone.

over 4 years ago

Untitled by Serafina Longarina

I want to hang-glide. Yeah man.

over 4 years ago

Untitled by SurferBurr

Spent some time there as a kid. Once we had to walk back up to the chalet since the roads to town were impassable…I remeber trying to scale the slope behind the gouse ad sliding down around 300 feet ! Good thing I was so young or I would have been terrrrrified! My sisters and I hiked up the mountain behind the chalet and saw the most beautiful clacier ! I’ll never forget the ice blue colour! Amazing! L’guuile d’medi was incredible as well! I remember it was dec 24th and I was dissappointed that we had no snow yet! (I had never seen snow yet) . I was walking back to the chalet when it started! It was around 6 feet deep by the next morning! Ron (My step father and best friend) had a snowball fight and he lost his ring,. ..By a miracle I found it the next day in the snow! I miss Chamonix and the innocence and, of course, my step father and best friend, Ron.

over 5 years ago

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