Chamonix Rain Day

OOWe woke to rain in the morning. However, it eased around 9am and we took the bus into Chamonix. We walked around a bit going to the tourist information center, the mountaineering museum and then listened to the Jazz festival for a bit.   

Inside the museum there was a replica of Mont Blanc.  It was interesting to see our journey in the replica. 

Afterwards we returned to tourist information center for a little more info and walked around town.

 

I found a Tour du Mont Blanc tshirt souviner. Leah found a pistachio ice cream bar and some blueberry bread. We then each had a cookie from a bakery.  I had a blueberry and white chocolate cookie and Leah had an almond cookie. 

As we walked we considered if we should have hiked today during the nice weather period. However, the mountains were shrouded in clouds so we would have had no views and the ladders would have likely been slick. 

Just as we got on the bus to return to Argentjne the rain started again and became very heavy. 

Our plan tomorrow is to hike up to Lac Blanc where there are some great views and then on to La Flegre. From there to hike to the high spot at La Brevent. At that high spot there should be some great views. We will likely take the cable car down from there and get a bus back to our hotel in Les Houches. 

I will fly out the next day at 7:30. I will probably need to take the shuttle at around 4am so it will be a short night.