chamonix

The mayor of Chamonix was convicted of second-degree murder for not evacuating the area, but received a suspended sentence.

Once I actually go to the listings chamonix/accomodations page, the layout isn't super easy to browse through.

Yes, I'm currently living in Chamonix and I don't how the different bus/train systems are connected if they are?

For reference, many of the deaths you read about in Europe are at places like Chamonix where a 2-4s start is mandatory for surviving the jump.

First of all Chamonix is hardly what I'd consider a 'rich' people ski resort.

Two years ago on our summer holiday we were driving in our camper van from northern Italy to Chamonix through the Mont Blanc tunnel.

However, people in Beaune and Chamonix humored me.

In Chamonix you can take a cable car to 3.5km elevation and the crux of your day might be walking down to the climb dizzy from sudden change of elevation.

Standing on a slope in Zermatt or Chamonix you are much closer to the other side of the valley, even though you are a long way up from the valley floor.

I lived in Chamonix a bit and a lot of the shuttle bus drivers seemed to have spinal injuries from going off cliffs accidentally snowboarding off piste.

I live in best possible place in the world for people like me, 1h drive from home and I am right below Mont Blanc, towering almost 4km higher than Chamonix valley.

You can go ie to Verbier or Chamonix and ski next to kings, princes or industry moguls on same slopes they do, use same lifts, but you can ie go of piste for some extra fun.

Like, say "Vallée Blanche" near Chamonix?

I am sure that plenty of people can afford it (I could if I wanted to) but this is rather expensive when you compare to, say a stay in Chamonix (French Alps, a "posh" station) where you can have a 65 m2 appartment next to the slopes in high season for about 250-300€/night.

Something like Chamonix, France for many other extreme summer & winter mountain sports (downhill MTB including) then.

Well, it seems you have a great service for Chamonix, and that's a good start.

My buddy broke his leg in 3 places (compound fracture) while hiking in Chamonix, France.