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Hiking & Trail Running in Chamonix

2024 Ultimate Guide

Learn all there is to know about Trail Running around Chamonix. Where to go when. Our favorite trails. How to properly prepare and much more.

Chamonix360 is the ultimate resource for finding the best Hiking and Trail Running trails and points of interest around the Chamonix Valley.

We love hiking and trail running around Chamonix and our singular goal is to make sure that you get to experience the very best this incredible part of the world has to offer. Our interactive map is where it all comes together, enabling you to see the trails we have selected or finding the points of interest that you would like to visit the most. Our points of interest database features the best glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, summits, cols, towns, hamlets, refuges, snack bars, churches, chapels, mountain trains, chair lifts and gondolas that you can find around the Chamonix Valley and in the neighboring valleys and mountain chains. Our Chamonix photos library enables you to look at the all the amazing things you can see and do around Chamonix and find out which trails and points of interests are featured in those photos. Go out there and enjoy the mountains!

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Trails Finder

Find Trails based on length, elevation gain, altitude, difficulty, beauty, location and more

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Points of Interest

Find Refuges, Snack Bars, Peaks, Glaciers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Towns and more sights

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Photos Library

Our huge library of Categorized, Quality Rated, Tagged and Geo-located Chamonix Photos

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Find your Perfect Trail around Chamonix

Chamonix is an outdoor lover's paradise, featuring beautiful stunning scenery, view points, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes and amazing trails connecting them all. With so much to see and do, it can be challenging to find a trail that is suitable for your preferences. To help you out, we have created a number of trail categories and hand-picked the best trails in and around Chamonix for each of these categories.  You can also search our database to find trails that meet your exact requirements.

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Our trails database will enable you to search for a trail based on specific criteria. We also maintain a list of the best trails around Chamonix for certain categories or themes. Below you will find an overview of those categories.

Family Friendly Trails

Child friendly trails which you can force your kids to love

Trails visiting Glaciers

Trails that bring you close to some of the glaciers in Chamonix

Trails with Restaurants

Trails that include a mountain refuge, snack bar or restaurant

Trails with the Best Views

Big spectacular views from spectacular high altitude locations

Trails visiting Lakes

Trails that visit a lake so you can go for a swim

Low Altitude Trails

Trails that stay at low altitude and stay close to the valley floor

The Best Long Trails

Trails that are at least 15K in length: Day Hikes and Long Runs

Trails visiting Waterfalls

Trails that feature a waterfall so you can go home wet

Trails using Lifts or Trains

Trails that use a cable car, chair lift or train to give a head start

Finally, if you are a visual person then maybe the best way for you to find your perfect trail is go through our Chamonix Photo Library or check out our selection of Chamonix Trail Videos. Each of the photos in our database is tagged for what is contained in the photos and we also link each photo to the trail or point of interest where the photo was taken. 

Find the Best Sights & Points of Interest

Chamonix is a fantastic tourism destination with a great number of spectacular sights and points of interests. Our hiking and trail running trails are specifically chosen for their natural beauty and the points of interests that they visit. We have categorized the points of interest around the Chamonix valley and each point of interest is linked to the trails that you can use to visit them:

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Summits & Cols

Summits and Mountain Passes (Cols) with amazing views

Glaciers

Glaciers are some of the iconic natural features of Chamonix

Towns & Hamlets

Lovely Towns and Hamlets around the Chamonix Valley

Lakes

Chamonix has amazing mountain lakes that are worth visiting

Refuges

Refuges offer accommodation in the mountains around Chamonix

Churches & Chapels

Beautiful Churches & Chapels with incredible histories

Waterfalls

Beautiful Waterfalls, or Cascades, as they are called in French

Snack Bars

Buvettes are Snack Bars or Restaurants serving food and drinks

Oratories & Crosses

Small religious sites often inside towns and hamlets

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