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<description>You might think the dregs of the winter season leads us at Chamonet to stratch around for any worthw...</description>
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<description>The 24 year old British woman killed by a fall near La Tour Ronde last week has been named as Lydia...</description>
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<description>The Col de Montets tunnel has re-opened for trains two days ahead of schedule, following emergency r...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri,  9 May 2008 11:39:43 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Due to the Raid Millet, which is happening in Chamonix this weekend, the Bois du Bouchet landing are...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri,  9 May 2008 11:30:42 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Every year since 2003, the Millet Raid has been taking place in and around Chamonix. Not for the fai...</description>
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<description>News has come through that a 24 year old British woman has been killed in a climbing accident on La...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon,  5 May 2008 16:23:14 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>What a day!  We’re literally just in the door from this year’s Freeride Days where we’ve been revell...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun,  4 May 2008 18:23:37 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Whilst many of us are going to be a bit reluctant to put our skis and boards away on May 11th, the p...</description>
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<description>Two Polish alpinists spent a cold night stuck on the mountain on Sunday after one of the climbers fe...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:22:29 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>The chairlift at Les Bossons (the one you see from the main road into Chamonix that accesses views t...</description>
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<description>Next Sunday the 4th May is the end of season party at Grands Montets. Celebrating ten years of Freer...</description>
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<description>Work has begun in earnest for the new Brevent lift, due to be completed for next winter. Nothing muc...</description>
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<description>A new study in to ski injuries by Professor Peter Cummings of the University of Washington has concl...</description>
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<description>Good news for ski tourers and mountaineers alike this week as Chamonix lift operator Compagnie du Mo...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:02:22 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>Can you believe it’s the 10th FreeRide Day at Grands Montets on 4th May? This ski reporter is starti...</description>
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<description>The customs boys and girls certainly had their fashion wits about them last week, when they stopped...</description>
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<description>A total of 40 speed riders took part in the first ever Speed Riding contest at Grands Montets this w...</description>
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<description>Following the lift accident at the beginning of March in Chamonix, new signage has started appearing...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:27:28 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>The end of the winter season is nearly upon us and what a winter it has been!  From early snows in N...</description>
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<description>News is coming through this morning of a fatal accident on the Brevent ski area pistes in the Chamon...</description>
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<description>Following the rock fall in the train tunnel between Montroc and Vallorcine last week, the results of...</description>
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<description>Organisers of the Col et Cimes Haut ski touring course, which is open to all ski tourers, both profe...</description>
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<description>Five months before the race day, the Ultra Trail committee met in Chamonix to finalise strategy and...</description>
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<description>Today (Friday) sees the start of the 4th annual music and culture festival ‘La Corse a Cham’ with a...</description>
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<description>Works to rebuild the Aiguille du Midi lift station on the avenue Aiguille du Midi are due to restart...</description>
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<description>If you’ve passed by the golf course in Les Praz de Chamonix in recent days, you will have probably s...</description>
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<description>The ATMB (Autoroutes et Tunnel du Mont Blanc) has recently announced major roadwork projects to begi...</description>
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<description>Following trials in the US at CopperBeech Mountain resort, French ski resorts are looking into inves...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue,  1 Apr 2008 10:23:01 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>So many people assume that the end of March means the end of season – well that’s certainly not the...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:21:34 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>The Annual General Meeting of the Tourist Office in Vallorcine revealed plans to push tourism in the...</description>
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