Here we at 3800m close to the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, looking out over the Mont Blanc summit! We have the Southern Alps in New Zealand, but these ones are shared by quite a few countries... you can take the highest cable-car in the world up to the top of Aiguille du Midi and continue your journey by the Hellbronner cable-car to Italy, then take the tunnel under Mont Blanc to return to France.
We hesitated a bit before joining the queue, as well as being very famous, it's rather famously pricey... but well worth it as the views attest! This is THE cable-car.
You ascend up over the summery Alpine meadows and views of Chamonix, through the layers of clouds, and emerge in a winter wonderland of snow, icicles and intrepid Alpinists on their way to conquer the Mont Blanc 'needles'
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We were also lucky enough to find a lovely room in a chalet, Villa Cachat, for the night. We were searching for a campsite but decided on somewhere cosier when we spotted a sign hung on a hedge, we were the 2nd guests of the season. We had a beautiful view of Mont Blanc from our window and WiFi to start blogging our journey. Bliss!
2 comments:
the cable car went all the way up to the top?
crazy?!!!
wish we had that for kinabalu!
lovely gorgeous views!
I know... it was amazing! Made short work of getting up there, even the Alpinists (mountaineers) started from the top and worked their way down.
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