CLOSED SUMMER 2025 Head up to get great views of the Argentière glacier
The Plan Joran télécabine takes you up to Grands Montets at an altitude of 1,972 metres.
From here you can walk over towards the Refuge de Lognan where you'll see the impressive Argentière glacier creeping down the mountain.
You can take mountain bikes on the cable car in summer giving you access to a couple of single tracks trails down through the trees and back to the valley floor.
There are lots of hiking trails accessible from this area too.
During the summer you might find hundreds of trail runners passing through the area as part of the UTMB week, which sees races of varying lengths and difficulty set off around the trails of the Chamonix valley.
The Argentrail 'Trail of Grands Montets' race sees individual or teams of runners tackling a 24km mountain trail route offering breathtaking views of Mont Blanc and the Drus.
During the summer months Grands Montets is popular with climbers, mountain bikers and hikers. There are trails for hikers, climbers head for the Aiguille d’Argentiere whilst road bikers take the route to the Emosson dam.
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The Aiguilles Rouges Nature Reserve was created in 1974 and is a bio-diverse area of around 16,000 hectares with spectacular views of the Col des Montets. There is an information centre where you can find out about the animals and plants of the area and buy a drink or snack.
Grands Montets can be accessed easily by bus or train and there's also a huge car park at the bottom lift station which is never full over the summer.
You can buy tickets directly from the lift station or buy a Mont Blanc Multi-pass in advance on line.
Find your way around with our maps, hiking and walking or mountain biking.
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See allLatest News & ReviewsChamonix hosts a wide range of sporting events throughout the year. The biggest ones include the Mont Blanc Marathon in June and the UTMB trail running race in August. In March, the Unlimited Festival brings ravers to the mountains while Musilac Mont Blanc takes place a month later. At the end of July, the Cosmo Jazz Festival hosts concerts all around the valley.
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