Aiguille du Midi: Tourist Hot Spot in Chamonix
AdvertisementsThe stunning cable car from Chamonix up to the Aiguille du Midi was built as early as 1955. Since then the ‘teléphérique’ has been carrying hundreds of thousands of visitors, tourists and mountaineers alike into the high mountain environment.
Aiguille du Midi towering over the valley of Chamonix
It is kind of weird. There is a ton of infrastructure (souvenir shop, café, sight-seeing platform and all this stuff) on the top of this mountain. Above all a huge TV antenna looking like a giant Ariane V just before take off into outer space. However, if you leave the protected terrain you will soon be in serious high mountain environment. Descending the famous arrete down to the Col du Midi may be a hair raising experience for the alpine novice.
Descending the famous arrete of the Aiguille du Midi
Even the views from the middle station (you have to change the aerial tramway cabins there) are stunning, especially in the light of the morning. The view to the chaotic seracs of the Glacier de Bossons is a definitely amazing.
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I just want to know 2 things 1 how did they build the structure at the top and 2 how did they get all the materials to the top ????
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