Chamonix, France has recently been included in the highly reputed UK newspaper the Daily Telegraph selection of top 10 ranked snowboarding resorts.
A legendary resort for skiers since the origins of the sport when the first cable car was built up on the Brevent which rears up opposite Mont Blanc above Chamonix, which nestles in the valley at 1000 metres.
Chamonix has always evolved on the cutting edge of mountain sports and it is no surprise that is now right up there with the very best for today’s youth’s snow discipline of choice, snowboarding.
As well as vast, unbeatable off-piste possibilities which offer free-ride opportunities on a grand scale, complemented by the stunning scenery of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain, Chamonix now also boasts a superb snowpark.
The snowpark is in Les Houches and one of my friends, a Chamonix local, winced as he told me how his son had been the first to take on the massive main jump, and beamed with some pride at his success. You see even the local children are snowboard crazy in Chamonix.
There are five main ski resorts in the Chamonix valley offering exceptional snowboarding and skiing for all grades.
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