Chamonix Kandahar World Cup Ski Event

Chamonix is famed for its location on Mont Blanc, which has led it to become the third most visited natural site in the world. The French commune attracts winter sport revellers with its array of almost every type of outdoor activity, served by cheap flights from Jet2.com. The looming peak of Mont Blanc serves nothing but a challenge to skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, rock climbers, and paragliders.

From the experts to novices trying out many adventurous activities, Chamonix makes an ideal winter-sport getaway. You are guaranteed plenty of snow you can make use of and the sunlight is a welcome relief as Britain descends into more drizzly months ahead.

Major Event in January

Visitors at the end of January can prepare to be inspired by Chamonix’s Kandahar World Cup Ski event. It attracts some of the world’s best skiers of downhill and slalom racing. Free to watch, it takes place on the Verte Piste in Les Houches from the 29th to the 30th of January 2011.

The commune attracts a diverse group of visitors with its wide variety of attractions, and views which allows for a very relaxed and cosmopolitan atmosphere. Everyone is catered for with shopping and hotels which offer delicate food and comforting sauna services after a hard day around the mountain.

Book cheap flights to Geneva or Chambery this winter from £14.99 one way, including taxes.