Chamonix, if you don’t know, is a very ski resorty town. Due to it’s location in the Alps that’s easy to understand. It’s not too cold this time of year here, it was about 29°F today. The adventure of this town starts with the arriving at our campsite, which thankfully had electricity because it gets extremely cold in the middle of the night if we don’t have the heater on. We got there late at night so I guess the adventure didn’t start until tomorrow.
How I woke up was by my mom yelling about something that was currently going on, and it turned out some guy slipped and possibly broke (we don’t really know) his leg which in my opinion seems really lame not just because your leg is broken but because the guy seemed to have skis with him which indicated he was there for a ski trip, and how unlucky it would be to break your leg right before.
The campsite we stayed at had this thing where you can order bread and other such bakery stuff in the evening and have it delivered to you in the morning. That was pretty neat because I do like croissants which they had. The plan was that we were going to go up Augulle du Midi, where you could get a good view of Mount Blanc. The ride up the mountain side was in crowded cable cars, that were pretty fast. The mountain was about 12,500 feet tall, which made me a little lightheaded when we got to the top. It was really sunny out, and even though the town below got cloudy, the mountain was higher than the clouds so it wasn’t affected. It was 3°F on the top of the mountain, which was a lot colder. The views were amazing.
There we snow tunnels you walked through to get to different parts.
There was also a cafeteria with extremely expensive food, but then again they did have to haul it all up the mountain somehow. We still bought French fries; not everyone gets to eat French fries on the Alps, why risk the opportunity?
We stayed about 2 hours, exploring, seeing all the views and warming up inside the cafeteria. The ride down felt more crowded, but it was more fun. At one point the cable cars route suddenly took an abrupt turn downhill, and it gave everyone that falling feeling which made half the car scream (I was one of them).
We wanted to take the cable cars to Italy, but apparently the one to Italy was closed due to being broken by a recent storm. Bummer.
We accidentally got on the wrong bus home which made that journey three times as long, but over all I’d rate this a grade-A experience.
3 Responses
Grandma Kay
What a wonderful adventure you are having in the alps. Years ago I toured with the Fairbanks chamber orchestra in an area in Swiss alps. Was in summer and scenery there was unforgettable. I’m so happy you are experiencing the wonderful part of those mountains.
Shana
Wow. Want an amazing day. That sounds cool but scary.
Kathy Hodges
Enjoyed your travel notes. I was on a similar trip up the Jungfrau in Switzerland decades ago but they had a cog wheeled train up and down. Oh the travels your family has. Yum French fries.