150th Anniversary of the Golden Age of Mountaineering

Celebrate all things mountaineering in Chamonix

featured in Events Calendar Updated 1 July 2015

The Programme:

MAJOR  EVENTS

• July 10 – 11 : Inauguration of the Alpine Club exhibition at the Alpine Museum, Chamonix and of all exhibitions throughout the Valley.
• July 13th : Climbing World Cup and retrospective on 150 years of Alpinism
• July 17th : A theatrical sound and light show in Argentière in memory of Chamonix guide Michel Croz, who died on the Matterhorn on July 14 1865.
• August 13th to 15th : Mountain guide’s festival. A timeless tribute to guides and alpinists: activities for all the family, demonstrations, music, traditional ceremonies in Argentière and Chamonix.

A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED TALKS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH

• Saturday 27th June - Edward Whymper - The English in Savoy By Yves Connac, active member of the Acadamy Florimontane. Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Organised by Les Amis du Vieux Chamonix. Admission free.
• Thursday 9th July (English spoken) - The Alpine Club –  world’s first mountaineering club by Hywel Lloyd, Chairman of the Alpine Club Library Council. Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Admission free.
• Thursday 16th July - James David Forbes, pionnier of alpinism by Reine-Marie Faure, Géographe Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Organised by Les Amis du Vieux Chamonix. Admission free.
• Thursday 23rd July - 1865 : Matterhorn, the perfect summit Conquests on the Matterhorn by leading contemporary alpinists Majestic Hall at 20h30. Admission free.
• Friday 24th July (English spoken) - Albert Smith, the man of Mont-Blanc by Alan McNee, author of Albert Smith’s biography Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Admission free.
• Wednesday 5 August - Henri Vallot 1853-1922 (cousin of Joseph Vallot) surveyor of mont Blanc by Madame Lagarde-Fouquet. Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Admission free.
• Friday 7th August (English spoken) - The life of Edward Whymper by Ian Smith, author of Shadow of the Matterhorn. Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Organised by Les Amis du Vieux Chamonix. Admission free.
• Tuesday 11th August - And alpinism today? by Gilles Modica, Claude Gardien, les éditions Guérin et la Cie des Guides. Le Majestic at 20h30. Admission free.
• Tuesday 18th August The triumph of contemplation, Ruskin’s viewpoint by Emma Sdegno, professeur at Ca’Foscari university of Venice ; André Hélard, author of several essays about John Ruskin ; Claude Reichler, honorary professor at Lausanne university. Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Organised by Les Amis du Vieux Chamonix. Admission free.
• Friday 4th September (English spoken). Women Climbers 1850 – 1900 by Clare Roche, of Birkbeck, University of London. Salle du Bicentenaire at 18h30. Admission free.

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