Dangling Slowly and Silently Past Europe’s Tallest Mountain

The My Way Alpine Europe tour I’m leading includes plenty of free time to ride high-mountain lifts — as you’ll see in this two-part, Alp-happy video. With the help of a three-mile-long cable, we glide slowly, dangling silently over the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) from France’s Aiguille du Midi (high above Chamonix) to Helbronner Point, the border of Italy, on Europe’s highest lift. Then we celebrate the view from Helbronner Point…looking down on the Alps of Italy, Switzerland, and France.


This is Day 64 of my 100 Days in Europe series. As I research my guidebooks and make new TV shows, I’m reporting on my experiences and lessons learned in Vienna, the Alps, the Low Countries, England, and beyond. Find more right here on my travel blog.

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3 Replies to “Dangling Slowly and Silently Past Europe’s Tallest Mountain”

  1. Absolutely amazing. I love it! So nice to see the snow when we’re having 95+ degree weather for six days straight.

  2. My wife and I took the very same journey just 12 days ago…. what a magical experience! Per your guide book recommendation, we went up early while the whether was still good (though not quite as clear as you experienced) and had no waits at all. I tried to pre-book a reservation a week prior, however found the official website to be horribly confusing, so took the chance of arriving early which fortunately worked out for us.

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