Finally, the moment has come! This is a very highly anticipated development. Our home in France was, until now, in the French southwest, a gorgeous and historic part of the country, but that (critically, as it turned out) was devoid of mountains. This has been fixed as we have now moved from Dordogne to Haute-Savoie to live on the ledges of the actual Mont Blanc. Western Europe's highest peak at an elevation of 15,781 feet. It lives up to its name just fine, even through global warming, as you can see below, the summit is white no matter the season.
St Gervais comes with a few irreplaceable assets:
- The cog train that takes you to the Mt Blanc "Royal" trail head.
- 110 lifts in the St Gervais ski resort, which includes Megeve, Les Contamines, and Combloux.
- Frances's highest county with Mt Blanc in the county at 15,781 feet.
Here are some pictures taken today from Mont Joux:
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| Mont Blanc15,781 feet and Aiguille de Bionassay. |
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| Left arrow: Aiguille du Midi (tram), 12,605 ft. Right arrow: Refuge (hut) du Gouter, 12,516 ft. You will have to enlarge to distinguish any of this. |
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| From Mt Joux, looking west (left in the valley) is Megeve. |
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| From Mt Joux, looking east: first St Gervais on the ledge. On the valley floor is Sallanches (Rossignol world hq). The suspended road in the distance gets you to Chamonix. |
