The benchmark: twenty minutes from Chamonix's town centre to 3,842 metres, where a terrace hangs over the Mont Blanc massif and a glass box — Step into the Void — dangles you above a kilometre of air. Alpinists rope up beside tourists in flip-flops; the contrast never stops being funny. Pre-book the first lift online and go on a clear morning, because by noon both queues and clouds have usually built.
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