There’s a reason some of the gutsiest steep skiers in the world call Chamonix, France, home. In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering marvel ...

After the closure in June, the second section of the Aiguille du Midi cable car has been closed for an indefinite period due to maintenance works. The troubled Aiguille du Midi cable car has once ...

After unforeseen maintenance works the Aiguille du Midi cable car in the Mont Blanc massif has reopened once again. The Aiguille du Midi cable car in the Mont Blanc massif is back in action after ...

My small-group tour across the Alps with Collette gets off to a sensational start in France. No easing into things. Instead, straight onto the world’s highest vertical ascent by cable car. The ...

It was a warm day on the Aiguille du Midi. The towering, 12,605-foot peak above Chamonix, France, was first made accessible by cable car in the 1950s and has since blossomed into a steep skiing mecca.

The Aiguille du Midi, France’s highest cable car and the biggest tourist attraction in the Haute Savoie departement, is due to reopen next weekend as part of the country’s gradual easing of ...