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<description>It'll be more like the clatter of 4000 hoofs this Saturday in Argentiere when over a 1000 sheep and...</description>
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<description>Following the success of last year's event, Chamonix bike shops Zero G and Legend Chx are again join...</description>
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<description>If you fancy something a little educational this summer, the Compagnie du Mont Blanc is hosting a se...</description>
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<description>Ahhh we LOVE a feel good story and they don't get much better than this one : The day eight year old...</description>
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<description>Following months of hard work at the ice grotto at the foot of the Mer de Glace below the Montenvers...</description>
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<description>In a cruel twist of fate last Thursday, a Scottish alpinist who had climbed Mont Blanc then suffered...</description>
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<description>You may not realise, but horse-riding has quite a following in Chamonix and is a growing section of...</description>
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<description>Seems like our Mayor is full of good ideas - we were at a town meeting the other week and we were to...</description>
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<description>This weekend runners from all over the world filled the streets and mountain trails of Chamonix for...</description>
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<description>News has just reached us that the Romanian man taken into custody over the incident in Chamonix Sud...</description>
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<description>French footballing legend Zinedine Zidane was in Chamonix this weekend to climb Mont Blanc in aid of...</description>
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<description>Summer really is here as of this weekend in Chamonix, when the last two lift areas open their doors...</description>
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<description>This weekend the 27th and 28th of June sees hundreds of runners descend on Chamonix for the full mar...</description>
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<description>Sunday the 21st June is the longest day and it has become a tradition now that the summer solstice i...</description>
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<description>Campers at the Molliasses campsite just off the main road before the Chamonix Sud roundabout had a r...</description>
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<description>All the key players across the 14 communes that feature in the route of the Ultratrail du Mont Blanc...</description>
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<description>The winter season of 2008/09 will go down as a classic - in terms of the fantastic snow conditions a...</description>
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<description>Rising French tennis star Gael Monfils was spotted hanging out at the tennis club in Chamonix this w...</description>
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<description>We saw this interesting news snippet on Natives.co.uk this week and thought it would be of interest...</description>
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<description>We've just heard that toll booth workers on both sides of the tunnel are on strike today (Thursday)...</description>
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<description>If you've never been to the open day at the helibase in the DZ at Les Bois, you really should go. We...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:31 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>We don't know about you, but we like heading over the col des Montets into Vallorcine and what bette...</description>
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<description>Plans have been afoot for a few months now to merge the ice hockey teams of Chamonix, St Gervais and...</description>
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<description>Each resort says goodbye to the winter in it’s own way. Some have a race; some have fancy dress and...</description>
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<description>Many of us enjoyed the fantastic skiing to be had this winter the length and breadth of the Chamonix...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:50:09 +0100</pubDate>
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<description>If you've driven through the Chamonix valley into Switzerland over the col des montets recently, you...</description>
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