Editing Chamonix (section)

==Mountain and winter sports==
Chamonix is a [[winter sports]] resort town that still attracts skiers ready to test themselves both on the pistes in the official area and against the challenges of the backcountry skiing.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 May 2022 |title=Ski Chamonix |url=https://www.skiresorts.net/ski-chamonix/ |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=Ski Resorts}}</ref> As the highest European mountain west of Russia,<ref name="FreedomSnowsports">{{cite web|title=Chamonix Resort Information|url=https://www.book.ski/resorts/chamonix/|website=Freedom Snowsports|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> Mont Blanc attracts [[mountain climbing|mountain climbers]]. Chamonix is known as the "Gateway to the European Cascades." The [[Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc]] has been held every August since 2003.

There is a [[Aerial tramway|cable car]] up to the {{convert|3842|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[Aiguille du Midi]]. Constructed in 1955, it was then the highest cable car in the world<ref name="SummitPost">{{cite web|title=Chamonix, Capitale Mondiale De L'alpinisme|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mountain-towns-chamonix-france/395345|website=Summit Post|access-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413235228/http://www.summitpost.org/mountain-towns-chamonix-france/395345|archive-date=13 April 2015|date=6 April 2008}}</ref> and remains the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Berne|first1=Laurent|title=L'aventure du premier téléphérique de France: Chronique du premier téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, dit "des Glaciers", à Chamonix-Mont-Blanc|date=2012|publisher=Éditions des Rochers|isbn=9782746641556|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrT6NWotDzwC|access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

Chamonix is divided into three separate ski areas (Les Grands Montets, Brévent - Flégère, le domaine de Balme) which run along the valley from Le Tour down to Les Houches.<ref>[https://www.topskiresort.com/resort/Chamonix%20Mont-Blanc/slopes Chamonix ski resort guide]</ref> In addition to the 1924 Winter Olympic Games, the town hosts a round of the [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup]] and the [[Arlberg-Kandahar]]. It previously hosted the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937]] and the 1984 and 1988 [[Biathlon World Championships]] for women.

The [[1930 Ice Hockey World Championships]] was mostly held at Chamonix. The town also hosted the [[European Curling Championships]] in 1991 and 1999.