Chamonix, France

Aiguille du Midi

The benchmark: twenty minutes from Chamonix's town centre to 3,842 metres, where a terrace hangs over the Mont Blanc massif and a glass box — Step into the Void — dangles you above a kilometre of air.

Best forMountain
Approx. flying time~11h 55m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportAnnecy (NCY)

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About this place

Alpinists rope up beside tourists in flip-flops; the contrast never stops being funny. Pre-book the first lift online and go on a clear morning, because by noon both queues and clouds have usually built.

Featured in Ten epic cable-car days with zero hiking required

When to go

Daytime highs run from about -15°C in January to 6°C in July. Driest in January and February and April; wettest in June, with rain on about 20 days.

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August6° · rain 13 daysCold and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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