At 14h in the Aiglons Hotel, you will find the event ECO EXPO!

This event is organised by english people who live in Chamonix. It allows to think about way of of life in the Chamonix Valley to reduce our impact on environment.

Join us!

www.eco-expo.org.

The commune of Chamonix has taken on a consultancy to find out local needs for bus transport in the valley and to improve the existing network. The questionnaires have been handed out on the buses.

After analysing this study, the commune of Chamonix and the public-private partnership Chamonix development have decided to improve the network in the following areas:

- the principal year-round routes( lines 1,2 and 3),
- the extra high season routes,
- a more suitable frequency.

As a result, the three main bus lines circulate from Les Houches to Le Tour, at intervals of half an hour, mornings and evenings, and hourly during the day.

The Mulet continues to serve the town centre routes.

This winter, the buses take you straight to the foot of the pistes!

If you want to link one ski area to another, the frequency is 10 to 30 minutes...
And finally for the après-ski the "Cham'nuit" will get you home up until 12:30am.

All this free with the "carte d'hôte", ski ticket, or car park ticket!

Regarding this last, three park and ride car parks enable you to park and access different bus stops.

1- Park Grepon P+R PREFERABLY use outdoor parking(transportation to the ski resorts around Chamonix or to downtown Chamonix from the “ Grépon ” bus stop)

2- Park Saint Michel- Indoor Parking
(fast access to the Brévent gondola via the Savoy draglift: follow the pedestrian path left of the parking exits located: on floors 0 and 6)

3- Park Mont Blanc- Indoor parking
(transportation to the ski resorts around Chamonix from the “ Place du Mont-Blanc ” bus stop)

Don't hesitate any more, have a holiday and leave your car at home! No need to get annoyed when going skiing!

For more information, please contact the Tourist Office on 04 50 53 00 24, come and see us or download the timetables from our website www.chamonix.com.

This information is valid for winter 2009-2010.

At the time of the global summit in Copenhagen, the Chamonix Town hall, which, together with its three neighbouring communes of Vallorcines, Les Houches and Servoz is engaged in a local Climate Energy Plan, wanted to bring to the fore the retreat of the glaciers as a consequence of climate change in the mountains.

On this occasion, the WWF and CIPRA France as well as the WWF Nepal represented by Dawa Sherpa and Apa Sherpa (19 Everest ascents) were present on Wednesday 2nd December to stress the negative impacts of climate change on the mountains: the rise in glacial flooding which wipes out homes, the rise in precipitation and thus the risks in the mountains, the more frequent appearance of glacial lakes etc.
Chamonix elected officials and those of the Mont Blanc area discussed these themes at a round table conference: " The glaciers render visible the invisible. Climatic warming: evidence shared by all the mountains on the planet."

This day was the opportunity to show that glacial retreat is a world-wide phenomenon and in certain poor regions could have dramatic consequences. The peoples of the mountains must therefore join forces to send a signal to the decision-makers at the climate summit which is taking place at this very moment. Having presented a symbolic stone from the summit of Everest to Barack Obama, the Sherpas would like to meet the French President.
To be confirmed...

You will find the photos and videos produced by the WWF France on the following link:

PHOTOS ( Source: WWF)

VIDEO ( Source: WWF)