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Winter
The possibilities to spend some exciting winter holidays in Vallorcine and the Chamonix valley are enormous.
Close to Bellevue we have a nursing slope and a newly built telecabine, that from the center of Vallorcine takes you to the popular slopes of "Domaine de Balme" - the highly appreaciated area for beginnings and the hidden gem for the intermidiate and expert offpiste skiers. A train ride of 10 minutes takes you to the Grands Montets ski area; Worldly renowned for its fantastic slopes, the free skiers paradise. One of the most famous ski runs in the world can also be found in the Chamonix valley, the Vallée Blanche.
With its 14 km of glaciated terrain, this is one of the longest offpiste runs on in the world. When snow conditions allow it, you can add another 6 km to the descent for almost 2800 m of downhill skiing. Be sure to hire a high mountain guide for this trip, which is a run on great glaciers where the local knowledge and guiding is your key to succes and safety.
But there is more to Chamonix than skiing. Many climbers from all over the world come to the Alps for the excellent ice climbing and the excellent snowshoeing. Just in the back of the Bellevue Alpine Lodge several of the best snowshoing tracks of the Valley starts..
Following links will be useful to get an update on the weather, check lift prices and ski station information.
Suisse weatherforecast
Chamonix valley weatherforecast
Look under "weather"
Compagnie du Mont Blanc (information on prices for the different lifts of the valley)
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A few pictures from the winter
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 What a day!
Half a metre of fresh pow-pow on the top of the Aiguille du Midi. The excitement is there. Check the snow pack and then drop in. Uhhh, what a feeling....................
Johnny Franko going deep on the "Grand Envers". Photo. Asmus Norreslet
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 From the Aiguille du Midi expert skiers will find some of the most challenging lift access terrain on this planet. Beware, watch out...........hold on!
Asmus Norreslet having fun in the exit couloir of the "Glacier Ronde". Photo. Victor Saunders
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 Climbing and mountaineering doesn't stop just because it is winter. Close to Bellevue Alpine Lodge we have world class icefalls. Since the Mont Blanc tunnel that connects Chamonix with Courmayeur has been reopened, the ice climbing mecca in the ‘Val di Cogne’ in Italy is reachable in just 1,5 hour from the lodge. John Wig on "Patry" Val di Cogne. Photo. Asmus Norreslet
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