Chamonix Chalet news

Chamonix is restructuring its lift pass system this season, and will be offering 30% discount to anyone buying their lift pass before 15th November 2006!

There will be two main types of pass:

Mont Blanc Unlimited
This lift pass gives access to all the lifts of the valley:
- the Aiguille Du Midi (for the Vallee Blanche, or just for the views)
- Le Tour (also known as Balme)
- Les Grands Montets including for the first time unlimited access to the top lift
- Brevent
- Flegere
- Les Houches (very handy for days when the higher domains have bad weather)
- The learner slopes
- Courmayeur (in Italy, a short drive through the Mont Blanc tunnel)
It also includes the Montenvers cog railway which runs up to the Mer De Glace, and the Tramway du Mont Blanc.

A six day Mont Blanc Unlimited pass is 220 euros - with 30% discount this comes to a very good deal at 154 euros.

Chamonix Le Pass
This lift pass includes the lifts at:
- Le Tour (also known as Balme)
- Les Grands Montets including for the first time unlimited access to the top lift
- Brevent
- Flegere
- The learner slopes
- 50% discount on the Montenvers cog railway which runs up to the Mer De Glace

You get six days for the price of five. A six day Chamonix Le Pass is 182 euros - with 30% discount this comes to 128 euros - a really good deal. You can also upgrade it to the full Mont Blanc Unlimited pass at any point, by paying the difference.

They will both be available from three days , and you now have a day off included (for instance a three day pass can be used on three days out of four - they don’t have to be consecutive.

Passes for up to five days are completely transferable so very useful if you are a mixed ablity group.

They also do “packs” of days which can be used any time up to 31st December 07 - again, the five day packs are transferable.

They say that you will be able to buy them on line “soon” - I’ll update this information as I find out more.

More info:
http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0607-chamonix-lift-pass-grands-montets

The Compagnie du Mont Blanc is apparently about to relaunch its site, and this info is only available in French! but you can always google translate it
http://www.compagniedumontblanc.fr/fr/index.html