Les Bois

From the Montenvers cog train station we needed to use a gondola cable car to travel down to where the glacier once was. From this point there were 500 steps to walk in the rain down to the valley floor to reach the glacier and the man made ice tunnels (ice cave) into the Leschaux glacier. On the way down there were signs showing where the Leschaux glacier had been in recent years. Within the ice tunnels there were interesting ice carvings plus moraine suspended in the ice. It was good that we were wearing our Goretex as there was a lot of water dripping in the ice tunnels. After returning up the 500 steps and gondola cable car to the Montenvers train station level we purchased coffee with a shared roll and some food left over from last nights dinner for lunch. We then returned to Chamonix by the cog train and had more coffee at Richard's Cafe before booking into Hotel Vallee Blanch at 3pm. Then we went to a laundromat to wash clothes which took a couple of hours. Dinner at a restaurant near the hotel which was very nice. Back to the Hotel Vallee Blanche Chamonix France to pack.Read more