Aiguille du Midi

Aiguille du Midi is a mountain with a height of 3842 meters. In 1955 the cable car to the summit was built in Chamonix. For a long time is was the highest cable car in the world. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent - more than a kilometer! Be careful with such height difference: on the descent it is very easy to get a severe headache.

We planned to go up from the Italian Courmayeur, through the Helbronner mountain. But cableway Helbronner - Aiguille du Midi was not in operation, so we passed through the Mont Blanc tunnel and used cable car in Chamonix.


View of Chamonix






View of Mont Blanc


Aiguille du Midi is the starting point for the ascent of Mont Blanc.












Rescue helicopter


Even in summer, temperatures in the open viewing areas can reach -10 °C


You can warm up in an ice cave :)


Views from the summit
























Getting there: by cable car from French Chamonix or Italian Courmayeur, just make sure that the cableway from Italy is in operation.