After a month in Chamonix, we were reluctant to leave the gorgeous valley surrounding Mont Blanc. It was hard to imagine that another place could compare to the hiking wonderland we’d found in France. After tons of research, we chose to make Innsbruck our next hiking base for June 2023, the capital and heart of... Continue Reading →
Hiking Chamonix in May: The Off-season Wonder
Too much snow, inaccessible hiking, closed huts, rainy weather, inoperative ski lifts. I forgot these concerns about hiking Chamonix in May when I found a luxury Airbnb at a 75% discount. Sitting in our apartment in Stamford, Connecticut, the idea of spending a month in a gorgeous chalet tucked away in the snowy French Alps... Continue Reading →