The Aiguille du Midi cable car in the Mont Blanc massif is back in action after having been shutdown on 4 June in order to replace the cable that had been substituted in October 2017. The Compagnie du ...

Despite having been changed entirely in autumn 2017, following a series of careful checks some minor defaults have been discovered on the cable of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. As a result, the ...

There's a reason some of the gutsiest steep skiers in the world call Chamonix, France, home. In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering ...

The Aiguille du Midi itself has seen smaller rockfalls almost every year, but the June 2025 collapse is one of the largest. As the Alps continue to warm, events like this are becoming part of the ...

From the Aiguille du Midi, countless high-consequence lines are accessible. Despite the tourist-packed cable car soaring overhead, this terrain is uncontrolled, un-groomed, and wickedly steep ...

There's a reason some of the gutsiest steep skiers in the world call Chamonix, France, home. In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering marvel ...

Aiguille du Midi, the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, is the one to board. It takes just 20 minutes to climb 2,800 meters from the town of Chamonix to the high Alps.

Rising from the center of downtown Chamonix, France, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi cable car climbs more than 9,000 vertical feet to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi. It ascends past the ...