Aiguille du Midi
Guide
Photo: Martin Janner · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$131ViewpointAllow 2.5–4 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A cable car lifts you from the town to 3,842 m in about 20 minutes, to terraces facing Mont Blanc close up and a glass box over the drop, the Step into the Void.
A brief history
The cable car opened in 1955 and was for years the highest in the world. Its second stage is still one of the steepest and longest spans of its kind.
Tips
- Best time
- Early, on a clear day: check the summit webcam before you pay
- Cost
- About €75 return; timed slots (check)
- Allow
- 2.5–4 h
- Free days
- None
- Hours
- Usually daily from about 8:00, last cars down by late afternoon; shut for maintenance for some weeks in autumn, and stops in bad weather (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- Chamonix town centre: The pedestrian centre by the river, with the church, the station and the lifts at either end: lively, handy and the dearest base.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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