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Discovering secret off-piste powder spots > The 360° panorama from the Aiguille du Midi > Chamonix après-ski

Chamonix is one of the most convenient locations in the Alps, being just an hour’s drive from Geneva airport. It is also home to some of the finest on and off-piste skiing in Europe, if not the world. Chamonix was the birth place of Alpinism and since it hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924, skiers and mountain enthusiasts have flocked to this charming French resort.

The Chamonix Valley offers something for skiers of all levels, with over ninety miles of pistes ranging from gentle forest runs to steep black runs, but is chiefly renowned for its superb glacier and off-piste skiing. The most famous off-piste descent is the Vallée Blanche - a 12-mile, high-altitude route accessed via the spectacular cable-car ride to the Aiguille du Midi.

Original Travel has access to preferential rates with the Compagnie des Guides, one of the world’s most highly respected groups of guides, who can provide private expert ski guiding or tuition to beginners and experts alike, as well as helping you experience a diverse range of other mountain activities, including paragliding.

As for après-ski, Chamonix has some excellent restaurants and a good number of lively bars and clubs. Original Travel has selected two of the resort’s best hotels, either of which offers an ideal setting in which to unwind at the end of a hard day’s exercise: the Hotel Mont Blanc in the heart of the resort, and the luxurious Hameau Albert 1er - a chalet-style hotel with a spa and Michelin-starred restaurant. All in all, Chamonix is the complete mountain resort.

Original Travel 'At a Glance' Rating:

Resort height: 1,035m
Highest lift: 3,843m
Lifts: 49
Slopes: 69
Beginner: 49%
Intermediate: 39%
Expert: 12%
Piste kms: 152km
Skiing: 4/5
Snow: 3.5/5
Apres ski: 4/5

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