This year is the 21st 'Concours Hippique' or Horse Show and is taking place this weekend Sat 6th and Sun 7th of June. We now have our set of brand new showjumps which make it an even more colourful event than usual.

Sell/buy at the garage sale at the 10h - Gymnase des Pèlerins
Renseignements Secours Populaire

At 15:00 it's the Chamonix Grand Prix Pétanque competition.

Looking for some gardening advice? Want to see what the best plants are for this region and maybe purchase a few? Come by the place du Mont Blanc from 9:00 - 17:00 to enjoy all the enchanting smells and colours.

Memorial Day : Homage to the French that died in Indochina.

Where : place du poilu, Chamonix.
When : 18:00

The Planpraz cabin will be open for the weekend of 30th, 31st May and June 1st, and the June 6th and 7th weekend before opening definitely on June 13th along with the Brevent cable car for the summer season.

Le Tour is scheduled to open for the season June 13th: Charamillon gondola and Autannes chairlift to the Col de Balme.

The Prarion gondola is scheduled to open for the season June 13th.

The Bellevue Cable Car is scheduled to open for the season June 13th.

The Mont Blanc Tramway opens on June 13th for the summer season.

Tennis Competition from 14th June - 28th June

Club des Sport de Chamonix

More info: 04 50 53 11 13

Commémoration de l'appel du 18 juin, gathering at the monuments of the dead ( monument aux morts.)

Location : Place du Poilu, Chamonix.

When : 18:00

Marcel Wibault Museum - The 2009 Exhibition takes us in the footsteps of the painter, walking the heights and summits, in search of the most beautiful effects.
In high mountain, we will find the subtle shadows and lights and we enjoy the changing reflections on the lakes, the glaciers and that indefinable scent exhalation of rock burnt from the sun ...

Big party in Chamonix town with live music everywhere...

Les Grands Montets is scheduled to open for the season June 27th.

JUNE 27 2009 - Cross du Mont-Blanc : 23 km from the centre of Chamonix to Planpraz via Argentière & 10km Discovery Cross & Mini Cross for children
JUNE 28 2009 - Mont-Blanc Marathon : 42,195 km from the centre of Chamonix to Planpraz, Vallorcine and the mountains with 2240m vertical up and 1200m vertical down.

The Vallorcine gondola is scheduled to open for the season from June 27th to September 6th.

The Fete de la Saint Jean is a festival that accompanies the summer solstice. Come and enjoy a traditional feast in Les Bossons and celebrate Saint Jean and summer!

Flegere is scheduled to open for the season June 27th.

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.

Visit the location and meet the rescue teams: mountain guides, doctors, helicopter pilots and mecanics. Information concerning the dedicated accident prevention work carried out by the 'Société Chamoniarde".