I flew a Delta/KLM flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam, then to Geneva, and then took a chartered bus Chamonix.
This is the view from my room at the Hotel Alpina in the heart of Chamonix. The package included breakfast and dinner at the hotel (or at one of two other sister properties in the city). The tents below belonged to the Swatch Freeride World Tour which was in town that week. The primary pedestrian walkway through the city was also directly across the street from this hotel.
The mountains from my balcony. The primary method to gain access to all of the resorts in the valley is to ride a gondola up the sides of these mountains from the valley and then use lifts at the next level to access the actual ski runs.
Draft hamme choices were limited at the hotel.
Les Houches ski area. Due to 'too much snow' all of the other resorts were closed down the first day and we had to start here.
Le Tour ski area. This area skied similarly to Valle Nevado in Chile (no trees), but there were plenty of powder stashes to be found off piste.
We skied down to this excellent restaurant in Vallorcine - L'Arret Bougnette.
Back in Chamonix for a little apres ski.
Brevent/Flegere ski areas - a tram car connected the areas.
Another tram took us to the very top of the highest peak (the building at the top of the photo).
Apres ski wall art (I think this place was called Chambre Neuf).
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