Once you’ve learnt to ski, it’s great to know that you can head off on your holiday and pick up where you left off each year. However, there are many muscles that you’ll use for skiing that you might not use the rest of the year, even if you lead quite an active lifestyle. Many of […]

Chamonix is home to all the biggest sport retail players in France and the world. But, just like David and Goliath, sometimes it’s the little guy that nails the bulls eye shot. Just because some of these Chamonix sports shops are independent doesn’t mean they are the underdogs though, and some of the following family businesses have […]

Historically of Aix-Les-Bains Musilac is celebrating its 15th anniversary with an exciting extension to Chamonix Mont Blanc in April 2018 – 19th, 20th and 21st. Get your head around the Musilac festival Chamonix with our introductory guide below, ahead of the announcement of artists and pending sale of ticket. We go into detail about what you can […]

#SummerAbove comes to an end: Prize Draw With the first snow appearing across the Alps in the last few weeks, it seems that summer is officially over. With full hearts we announce the end of our inaugural #SummerAbove photo competition which took place throughout social media platflorms, but was a huge success on Instagram. We thank all […]

Welcome to Autumn, when the air gets cold, the leaves turn brown and summer loves to go back to Australia (why Sandy?!). It’s also the time of year when you should be updating your CV and applying for ski season jobs for the upcoming winter season in Chamonix. Why do a Winter Season in Chamonix? If you’re […]

The best things in life, and Chamonix, are free… but that’s not to say you can’t enjoy some retail therapy too with shopping in Chamonix during your stay! Chamonix Mont Blanc is known the world over for its stunning scenery and extreme sports. However the town has also been a popular shopping destination for decades, […]

Before being a seasonnaire on a ski season Chamonix existed, before snowboards were invented, before the first chairlift was ever imagined, the pioneers of ski-tourism were making their annual winter pilgrimage to Chamonix. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the upper and middle classes first began flocking to Chamonix to marvel at the […]

A wise man once said “whatever your problem is, the answer is in the fridge”. If your problem, however, is finding out how to fill said fridge in Chamonix, then look no further! A few words of wisdom — in Chamonix, and throughout France, it’s important to note that much of local commerce closes down for […]

Summer in Chamonix is jam-packed with possible activities, in the air (parapenting, helicopter flights), on rock (climbing, via ferrata), on ice (glacier hiking) or in the water. There are heaps of water activities Chamonix offers and they are available for all ages too, so keep reading to get a taste of the thrills and spills […]

The Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc is an event of epic proportions for an epic genre of human: ultra-runners. Here we outline the official favourites chosen by and published in the UTMB 2017 programme as well as our own picks from the Chamonix All Year office. Official UTMB® Elite Males favourites: Jim Walmsley (USA) UTMB® #942 Jim […]