Chamonix Mountain Adventures

Map key; Map of walks and Alpine mountaineering routes; Map of trail running, road biking and mountain biking routes; Map of rock climbing, bouldering and via ferrata routes; Chamonix town map; Introduction; The region; Glaciers; Flowers and animals; How it all started; Mountain adventures; Other activities; When to go; Getting there and getting around; Accommodation; Tourist information; Language; Health and safety; Using this guide; 1 Walks; Classic Walks; Route 1 Mont Joly; Route 2 Le Prarion; Route 3 Aiguillette des Houches; Route 4 Montagne de la Cote; Route 5 Lac Cornu and Lacs Noirs; Route 6 Plan de l'Aiguille to Montenvers; Route 7 Grand Balcon Sud: La Flegere to Planpraz; Route 8 Aiguillette des Posettes; Route 9 Lac Blanc from the Col des Montets; Route 10 Mont Buet by the Normal Route; Family Walks; Route 1 Lac des Ilettes; Route 2 Lacs Jovet; Route 3 Chalets Miage and Truc; Route 4 Charousse; Route 5 Lac du Brevent; Route 6 Argentiere via the Paradis des Praz; Route 7 Le Chapeau; Route 8 Montroc-Col des Montets-Vallorcine; Route 9 Berard valley and Sur le Rocher; Route 10 Dinosaur tracks; Hut Walks; Route 1 Refuge de Plate; Route 2 Refuge de Tre-la-Tete; Route 3 Refuge Moede d'Anterne; Route 4 Refuge Bel Lachat; Route 5 Refuge du Lac Blanc; Route 6 Refuge Albert Premier; Route 7 Refuge de la Pierre a Berard; Route 8 Refuge de Loriaz; Adventure Walks; Route 1 Pointe Percee; Route 2 The Derochoir and Desert de Plate; Route 3 Aiguille du Belvedere; Route 4 Mer de Glace Balcony Trail; Route 5 Tre-les-Eaux Circuit; Route 6 Loriaz to Emosson; Route 7 Mont Buet by the North Ridge; Route 8 Cheval Blanc; Trail Running; 2 Alpine Mountaineering; Route 1 Champex to Le Tour; Route 2 Grand Montets to Lognan; Route 3 Aiguille du Midi to Helbronner; Route 4 Petite Aiguille Verte; Route 5 Aiguille Crochues; Route 6 Aiguille du Tour; Route 7 The Cosmiques Arete; Route 8 Mont Blanc; 3 Mountain Biking; Route 1 Les Contamines: Truc Miage circuit; Route 2 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: Prarion circuit; Route 3 Pipeline descent: Saint-Gervais to Le Fayet; Route 4 Tour des Ayeres; Route 5 Promenade de l'Arve; Route 6 Petit Balcon Nord: Chamonix to Le Tour; Route 7 Montroc to Chamonix along the Arve; Route 8 Col des Montets to the chocolate shops; Route 9 Vallorcine-Col des Posettes-Le Tour-Montroc; Route 10 Vallorcine to Martigny; Descents and airtime; 4 Road Biking; Route 1 Chamonix to Sallanches; Route 2 Col des Montets; Route 3 Emosson Lake; Route 4 Col de la Forclaz; Rides outside of the Chamonix valley; 5 Rock Climbing and Bouldering; Rock climbing; Area 1 Les Gaillands; Area 2 The Index; Area 3 La Joux; Area 4 Les Cheserys; Area 5 Aiguillette d'Argentiere; Area 6 Vallorcine Slab (Rocher de la Saix); Area 7 Barberine; Bouldering; Area 1 Col des Montets; Area 2 Pierre d'Orthaz; Area 3 Les Bossons; Area 4 Le Coupeau; Area 5 Le Medonnet; 6 Via Ferratas; Route 1 Le Mont, Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval; Route 2 La Curalla, Passy; Other routes in the Haute Savoie region; Route 3 La Yves Pollet Villard, La Clusaz; Route 4 La Roche a l'Agathe, Thones; Appendix A Useful contacts; Appendix B Useful French words and phrases; Appendix C Further reading; Appendix D Glacier travel and rescue techniques