Chamonix News
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Updated: 26 weeks 2 days ago
More green efforts in Chamonix
In a recent town council meeting resolutions were made to actively reduce transport related pollutio...
New village centre for Les Houches
Les Houches is to get a new shopping and cultural centre, to be designed along the lines of a typica...
New budget flights to the Alps
Scotland may have had the best snow in years last winter but keen skiers and snowboarders will nonet...
French airlines cancel upcoming strike action
French airline pilots have confirmed that they will not be striking this weekend, as planned.
The...
Les Bois burglar gets 6 months
Back in May we reported on a string of burglaries that had taken place in the affluent Les Bois area...
Geneva airport to benefit from new terminal
Geneva airport has already undergone a number of improvements over the past couple of years; nicer r...
Le Majestic wins award
One of Chamonixs most identifiable and iconic buildings, Le Majestic has been officially recognised...
Red Bull X Alps passes over Chamonix
Keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as there may be more paragliders soaring overhead than usua...
Cosmojazz Live Music Festival
5 days of live music begins tomorrow when the Cosmojazz Festival returns for another year.
The pe...
Chamonix shook by earthquake
Chamonix was rocked yesterday afternoon by an earthquake. What do you mean, you didnt notice? OK, m...
Weekend Holiday traffic warning
This weekend sees the fourth weekend of French holiday traffic but also the start of the British sum...
Free transport for Chamonix schoolchildren
Chamonix mayor Eric Fournier has announced in his blog that all school transport will be free for th...
Movies playing in English at Chamonix Cinema Vox
The following films are all playing in English (VO Version Originale)with French subtitles at Cham...
Two mountaineers found dead
Two men who left on Saturday to complete the Bionnassay ridge traverse were caught by bad weather an...
Espace Tairraz goes interactive
The Espace Tairraz opened a new exhibition this weekend with lots of fancy new gadgets to play aroun...
Andre Manoukian to save Chamonix landmark?
In a recent interview with Le Dauphiné Libéré André Manoukian mentioned his top secret (although not...
*UPDATE* Fatal car accident this morning
An update from Radio Mont Blanc suggests that the car crashed into the bridge just before Les Bosson...
World Climbing Championships Chamonix 2011
It was almost a case of quot;rain stopped playquot; in Chamonix last night as the finals of the Worl...
Chamonix Flood Alert
Persistent heavy rain caused the rupture of two glacier water pockets yesterday which put Chamonix o...
World Cup Climbing in Chamonix
The International Climbing Festival kicked off on Sunday Chamonix with the European Youth Speed clim...
