Chamonix Mountain Adventures

Map key    	Map of walks and Alpine mountaineering routes    	Map of trail running, road biking and mountain biking routes    	Map of rock climbing, bouldering and via ferrata routes    	Chamonix town map    	Introduction    	The region    	Glaciers    	Flowers and animals    	How it all started    	Mountain adventures    	Other activities    	When to go    	Getting there and getting around    	Accommodation    	Tourist information    	Language    	Health and safety    	Using this guide    	1 Walks    	Classic Walks    	Route 1    Mont Joly    	Route 2    Le Prarion    	Route 3    Aiguillette des Houches    	Route 4    Montagne de la Cote    	Route 5    Lac Cornu and Lacs Noirs    	Route 6    Plan de l\'Aiguille to Montenvers    	Route 7    Grand Balcon Sud: La Flegere to Planpraz    	Route 8    Aiguillette des Posettes    	Route 9    Lac Blanc from the Col des Montets    	Route 10    Mont Buet by the Normal Route    		Family Walks    	Route 1    Lac des Ilettes    	Route 2    Lacs Jovet    	Route 3    Chalets Miage and Truc    	Route 4    Charousse    	Route 5    Lac du Brevent    	Route 6    Argentiere via the Paradis des Praz    	Route 7    Le Chapeau    	Route 8    Montroc-Col des Montets-Vallorcine    	Route 9    Berard valley and Sur le Rocher    	Route 10    Dinosaur tracks    	Hut Walks    	Route 1    Refuge de Plate    	Route 2     Refuge de Tre-la-Tete    	Route 3    Refuge Moede d\'Anterne    	Route 4    Refuge Bel Lachat    	Route 5    Refuge du Lac Blanc    	Route 6    Refuge Albert Premier    	Route 7    Refuge de la Pierre a Berard    	Route 8    Refuge de Loriaz    	Adventure Walks    	Route 1    Pointe Percee    	Route 2    The Derochoir and Desert de Plate    	Route 3    Aiguille du Belvedere    	Route 4    Mer de Glace Balcony Trail    	Route 5    Tre-les-Eaux Circuit    	Route 6    Loriaz to Emosson    	Route 7    Mont Buet by the North Ridge    	Route 8    Cheval Blanc    	Trail Running    	2 Alpine Mountaineering    	Route 1    Champex to Le Tour    	Route 2    Grand Montets to Lognan    	Route 3    Aiguille du Midi to Helbronner    	Route 4    Petite Aiguille Verte    	Route 5    Aiguille Crochues    	Route 6    Aiguille du Tour    	Route 7    The Cosmiques Arete    	Route 8    Mont Blanc    	3 Mountain Biking    	Route 1    Les Contamines: Truc Miage circuit    	Route 2    Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: Prarion circuit    	Route 3    Pipeline descent: Saint-Gervais to Le Fayet    	Route 4    Tour des Ayeres    	Route 5    Promenade de l\'Arve    	Route 6    Petit Balcon Nord: Chamonix to Le Tour    	Route 7    Montroc to Chamonix along the Arve    	Route 8    Col des Montets to the chocolate shops    	Route 9    Vallorcine-Col des Posettes-Le Tour-Montroc    	Route 10  Vallorcine to Martigny    	Descents and airtime     	4 Road Biking    	Route 1    Chamonix to Sallanches    	Route 2    Col des Montets    	Route 3    Emosson Lake    	Route 4    Col de la Forclaz    	Rides outside of the Chamonix valley    	 	5 Rock Climbing and Bouldering    	Rock climbing    	Area 1    Les Gaillands    	Area 2    The Index    	Area 3    La Joux    	Area 4    Les Cheserys    	Area 5    Aiguillette d\'Argentiere    	Area 6    Vallorcine Slab (Rocher de la Saix)    	Area 7    Barberine    	Bouldering    	Area 1    Col des Montets    	Area 2    Pierre d\'Orthaz    	Area 3    Les Bossons    	Area 4    Le Coupeau  	Area 5    Le Medonnet     	6 Via Ferratas    	Route 1    Le Mont, Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval    	Route 2    La Curalla, Passy    	Other routes in the Haute Savoie region    	Route 3    La Yves Pollet Villard, La Clusaz    	Route 4    La Roche a l\'Agathe, Thones    	Appendix A    Useful contacts    	Appendix B    Useful French words and phrases    	Appendix C    Further reading    	Appendix D    Glacier travel and rescue techniques