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Hotel Prieuré, the Saint Michel church, the Cour bridge ... From its humble beginnings to today's growing reknown, discover the fabulous history of Chamonix over a 2 hour walk.
Thursdays 10 - 12
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French music concert by Calicanto: Piano : Louis Schwizgebel Wang Violin : O. Kaskiv, W. Garcin & V. Burgos Alto : Pierre Vallet Violocello : Francesco Bartoletti

Inspired by the Super Bowl, this competition mixes freestyle skiing and snowboarding on the Grands Montets snowpark, transformed for the occasion into a skateboarding bowl. 12 teams of professional riders will face one another, with 2 skiers and 2 snowboarders on each team and one team will be eliminated in each round … It’ll be quite a show …

An off-piste competition open to amateurs & pros, the Grand Raid is a circuit that takes place in different ski areas. Teams of two, men, women or mixed, on ski's or snowboard, race several off piste runs through various conditions (North face, steep slopes, gullies, couloirs & forest.) Simple rules: the fastest team down wins.

Henry’s Avalanche Talks are invaluable 1.5hr live audio-visual presentations - recommended to everyone who **ever** rides off-piste, providing reminders of best practice for staying safe, the causes and potential consequences of miscalculated risk-taking, with video evidence. Mondays 18h00-19h30. Euro 10 at the door, Euro 8 in advance (sold at the BdN)

La Chamoniarde, avalanche prevention and rescue society, holds weekly free avalanche safety days for people who regularly ski off piste.
4 Themes: information, the group, the avalanche, and the glacier.
The day is free of charge but you're responsible for your lift pass.
- 16 years and over, good ski ability, all terrain

10 bars, 10 shots, 5 beers, 3 legs.... It's the annual Fancy dress 3 legged race across Chamonix. Bars to be announced. 25 euros to participate.

Hotel Prieuré, the Saint Michel church, the Cour bridge ... From its humble beginnings to today's growing reknown, discover the fabulous history of Chamonix over a 2 hour walk.
Thursdays 10 - 12
Sign up at the Tourism Office

Corsica comes to Chamonix... we invite you to discover the Beautiful Island in different ways!!!

For the third year, the French Monoski Association organises a meeting in Chamonix and this year, monoskiing in Chamonix celebrates its 30th anniversary (Pierre Poncet en 1978). 12th: Test gear available free of charge at the Grands Montets & films at the Rencard. 13th: Brevent/Flegere a.m. and the Aiguille p.m.

International, friendly tournament of women's ice hockey.
The Ida Chappot Trophy was so named in memory of the captain of the Edelweiss team. This formation was the first team to unite female hockey players in Chamonix and indeed in France between 1934 and 1936.

This 2nd annual race challenges participants with 1300 m of vertical up and 1700 m down, over close to 10 km of distance (weather permitting).
09:00am: Race starts at the summit of the Cornu chairlift
After 11:00a.m.: first competitors will start to arrive at the Finish in Flégère.
14:00: Results and prize ceremony

La Chamoniarde, avalanche prevention and rescue society, holds weekly free avalanche safety days for people who regularly ski off piste.
4 Themes: information, the group, the avalanche, and the glacier.
The day is free of charge but you're responsible for your lift pass.
- 16 years and over, good ski ability, all terrain

The Compagnie du Mt-Blanc, Helly Hansen & Evo2 join forces to create this exciting event to watch the best "freeriders" throughout the Winter season.
- Open to pros and amateurs, ski, snowboard, telemark & even monoski!
- Registration fee : 10 euros
- Book now up until the morning of the race
- Helmet, Avalanche tranceiver & insurance required

Hotel Prieuré, the Saint Michel church, the Cour bridge ... From its humble beginnings to today's growing reknown, discover the fabulous history of Chamonix over a 2 hour walk.
Thursdays 10 - 12
Sign up at the Tourism Office

ARSON ISSUES (Annecy) + WAINOTT (Annecy)
+ IMODIUM (Monaco) + SAINT TÔL (Chamonix)

Schedule : 20:30
Entrance : 5 & 3 euros

Pierre Maillet & Pierre Carrier invite you to a special lunch accompanied by reds and white from the Séverine et Jean-Jacques Bonnie's Château Malartic Lagravière.
10h30 Wine tasting starts. 12h00 Lunch at the Albert Premier. Price for the morning wine tasting followed by a gastronic luncheon accompanied by fine wines is 88 € per person.

Chamonix, world reknowned for its steep slopes, has conquered the hearts of the most adept speedriding pilots and other extreme sports amateurs. THE FINAL CONTEST: April 19-20, Grands Montets hosts the final speedriding competition of winter 2008 with Freeriding and Slalom competitions.

La Chamoniarde, avalanche prevention and rescue society, holds weekly free avalanche safety days for people who regularly ski off piste.
4 Themes: information, the group, the avalanche, and the glacier.
The day is free of charge but you're responsible for your lift pass.
- 16 years and over, good ski ability, all terrain

Hotel Prieuré, the Saint Michel church, the Cour bridge ... From its humble beginnings to today's growing reknown, discover the fabulous history of Chamonix over a 2 hour walk.
Thursdays 10 - 12
Sign up at the Tourism Office

CHORO VIVO Ensemble interprétant des standards du Choro Vivo + MARC FILLIT « Saveur Latine »

Schedule : 20:30
Entrance : 5 & 3 euros

Brevent is scheduled to close for the season April 27th.

Planpraz gondola is due for renovations this summer so will be closed all summer.

Le Tour is scheduled to close for the season April 27th.

Vallorcine is scheduled to close for the season April 27th.

For the past 18 years, the town of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, supported by a dynamic team of scientists, journalists and valued partners, has organised the "Festival des Sciences".
The theme in 2008 is :"Identity"

Offerings to Egyptian Gods
Organised by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

On permanent exhibition: Collection Louis & Evelyn Franck, La Cour Chagall, Léonard de Vinci-the inventor, the Auto and Gallo-romain museums & Sculpture park.

Victims of global warming, the glaciers are suffering. While the ice shelf is melting at high speed, the glaciers in the Alps are receding.
From Greenland to the Himalayas and from the Andes to the Antarctic, these glaciers seem to be doomed.

Guy Martin-Ravel exhbibits with "Fragile" his most recent collection of photographs.
Guy Martin-Ravel retraces the life of a mountain guide who has left the mountains for other horizons! This exhibition is his own autobiographical photo collection. Through the lense of his camera, during a number of humanitarian missions, he bears witness to the fragility of man's condition.

An exhibition of watercolours by the Moscovite artist, Guennady Pylaev, dedicated to the Mont-Blanc massive.
The artist came to Chamonix for the first time in 1993. He defines his work as "the art of contemplation."
Pylaev's watercolours are very characteristic, associating the elegance of 19th century artists with the enthusiasm of the 21st century.

ChaChaCha will host a wine tasting every
evening at 6pm and 7:30pm with a new theme every night, 15€ per person). The tasting will be followed by an informal discussion which is geared towards the audience, with as little or as much detail as required. The tastings can be done in English or French.

Half poetry, half realism, Takeo Adachi's work is characterized by an omnipresent motif, stone, which he perceives as a mysterious, concentrated force. Focusing particularly on pebbles arranged in a line or a circle, Adachi draws them in minute detail with a pencil, from a very low angle. In his latest series Adachi adds rope - a Japanese symbol of life and purity.

One autumn, while resting after a busy guiding season, I was drawn by the idea of putting some of my experiences on paper, to immortalise some of those amazing moments and to attempt to show others the splendour of the mountains, an artist's impression rather than photographer's or a writer's. Water colours, acrylics and colours have been my travelling companions in my mountain adventures.

The Espace Tairraz presents an exhibition about the minerals and crystals of the Mont-Blanc region.
5 euros
Everyday: 14h to 19h.
School Holidays: 10h to 12h and 14h to 19h