Chamonix

After leaving Grenoble, I headed to Chamonix. You hear about Chamonix quite a lot, so I figured I ought to check it out while I was in the area. The town itself did not inspire me very much, but the scenery surrounding is certainly quite good. I took the cable car up the Aiguille du Midi,

From Chamonix

which is right next to Mont Blanc, and brings you about 1000m below it. The cable car to get up there is probably the steepest cable car I have ever been on. It was a little disconcerting looking at the tiny cable holding such a big car so high above the ground. The view from the top was excellent with lots of other peaks and glaciers.

From Chamonix

From there, I took another cable car across into Italy. This gave a really good view over the glacier.

From Chamonix

After that, I took the cog train up to the Mer du Glace. This is the bottom of the same glacier that was seen up on the Aiguille du Midi.

From Chamonix

After Chamonix, off to Switzerland.