Aiguille du Midi
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The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842-metre-tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
attractions: Le Pas dans le Vide, Cosmiques Hut, Aiguilles de Chamonix, Panoramic Mont Blanc cable car, restaurants: Le 3842
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The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842-metre-tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
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AngeloAngelo
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The glass floor freaked me out😳🚠 Last week was my first time in Chamonix, France and my friends and I decided to go up to the Aiguille du Midi cable car for the day. We knew it was a tourist spot but we didn’t realize how incredible it would be. We took two cable cars up to 3842m which is about 12,600ft. That’s crazy high!😅 We watched mountaineers on the ridge lines, explored every part of the station, had coffee and croissants and learnt about Mont Blanc. All day, I couldn’t stop thinking about how wild humans are—to both climb mountains that big and build something like this. I used @wayaway.io when booking my hotel in Chamonix and got cash back—which I used on the ticket to this cable car. It’s such an easy way to save $$ and keep the adventures going🌎
angelaliggsangelaliggs
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Life can be crazy sometimes when you leave yourself open to new relationships and opportunities. Chase and I met in Yosemite as I was leaving two months ago in passing, and exchanged numbers in case we needed partners down the road. 2 months later we’re topping out one of the most beautiful and classic formations in all of France on the other side of the world! Life can be pretty sweet sometimes. This is a 7a variation to the final pitch of the Uber classic Rébuffat-Baquet on the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix. After a few weeks here you’ll be asking why we don’t have gondolas up to alpine walls back in the states as well, it’s quite a good setup! Another beautiful day of many in the French Alps. #chamonix #chamonix_france #chamonixmontblanc #chamonixmontblanc🇫🇷 #aiguilledumidi #montblanc #montblancexplorer #frenchalps #frenchalpes #frenchalps🇫🇷 #alpineclimbing #alpineclimb
ilikebigbuttressilikebigbuttress
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This is the closest you can get to the summit of Mont-Blanc without hiking with a 360° view of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps. You can see Mont Blanc on 6th and 11th parts of this video, it’s really close. Aiguille du Midi located in Chamonix is the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world and Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe, so be ready for feeling hypoxia. I recommend to visit it at least once in your life.🏔️🤍🇫🇷 . . . #chamonix #chamonixmontblanc #chamonixmontblanc🇫🇷 #chamonixvalley #montblanc #montblancmassif #aiguilledumidi #cablecar #swissalps #italianalps #frenchalps #frenchalps🇫🇷 #frenchalpes #alpsmountains #snowmountain #snowmountains #whitemountains #mountainview #mountainsview #mountainviews #beautifuldestinations #neverstopexploring #takemoreadventures #theglobewanderer #placestovisit #stayadventurous #earthoutdoors #thegreatplanet #natureisbeautiful
julialobashevajulialobasheva
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This ride up to the summit is an incredible, unforgettable experience. I went in April as a family of 4 with kids aged 10 & 8 and we loved it all - especially the Pipe and Step into the Void glass box which was awesome even in the cloud and snow, so doing it on a clear day would be even more amazing. It wasn’t a busy day so we enjoyed no waiting times and plenty of space to look around the different features of the experience - the tunnel and the 360 platforms were a massive highlight. The views are breathtaking and it’s so peaceful to be so high into the mountains. The experience is so well thought out with tonnes of different sections, views and exhibits. We stopped at the Plan d l’Aiguille Terrasse at 2317m the first stop point in the cable car journey on the way up to acclimatise and take in the views at that height before continuing on up and taking the second car up to the Piton Nord summit. My youngest did suffer with the altitude after being at the very top for nearly an hour so it’s worth considering not spending too long up there with kids and to pay attention to how you’re feeling as it can come on suddenly. We ordered croque toasties and a hot dog in the cafeteria which were good, but pricey, so take a picnic up with you if you want to limit the cost of the trip. Overall, given everything you see and how mind blowing it all is to experience in a few hours, the price of the ticket is more than worth it. The journey back down is just as much of a thrill as you look back up to the summit and question whether you were really all the way up there in the clouds - my favourite part on the way up and back were the three sections in the cabling where the car passed through a joining bit and did an unexpected bump and tipped a bit before speeding up an whooshing faster and everyone when woahhh in unison. The whole day was an unforgettable rush!
Natasha PeachNatasha Peach
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The view from the top is amazing. If you visit in midsummer, prepare a light winter coat. If you are strong against the cold, you can wear summer clothes. It is not too cold, and in fact, many people come up wearing summer clothes. When taking pictures in the glass box, a famous photo spot, our family had an unpleasant experience with the staff and ended up leaving without being able to take any pictures. I was not feeling well because of altitude sickness. My husband was taking pictures of our two children, one of them has autism spectrum disorder, so it is always difficult to take pictures, but we tried to take pictures with a nice background, but the child whined and showed his frustration. This happened to our family all the time, so we didn’t think much of it. If it had been judged dangerous, we would have just left. Finally, when we were about to take a family picture, the staff member told us, “No more pictures,” and told us to leave. We thought the child was scared, so we tried to explain our child’s condition, but he didn’t listen to us at all and just kept shouting, “No more pictures.” If I hadn’t had altitude sickness, I would have spoken more strongly, but it was too hard, so I just left. It was hard enough just standing in line with a child with autism spectrum disorder, but we waited to take pictures with a nice background, but in the end, we couldn’t even take a family picture. That staff member made us parents who valued pictures more than our children in front of many people. I really hope that staff member learns how to listen to others. My family spent a lot of time and money to visit this place, and it's so frustrating that we couldn't take pictures like everyone else because of that staff. But this place is definitely worth a visit.
Jiyeon JunJiyeon Jun
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