The Grands Montets is the biggest ski area in Chamonix and the highest. We don't go there very often as it is also the busiest. However as it gets warmer with spring we have been going there more as the snow is better high up.
To get up to the very top there is a big
cable car which during the main season can have an hour or more (loads more) wait. It is possible to make a reservation, but this can only be done on the previous day so you have to be organised - on the times we are organised enough we often find it is already fully booked. Today we just walked straight on with no queuing.
There are various routes down from the top including two pistes and a lot of off piste, some of which goes over the glaciers and apart from the best known routes is best avoided without a guide. It is from up here that we left to do the Pas de Chevre earlier in the season (
Skiing the Pas de Chevre)
Today we took a different route that ends back in the ski area and is much nearer to the piste than the Pas de Chevre, it goes along the side of the glacier for a bit which gives amazing views.
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| Taking heed of the warning signs near the top |
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| The glacier |
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| Staying off the glacier |
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| Nearly down now |
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