Chamonix Mont Blanc is lauded for its snowboarding although, opposed to several other skiing towns, its snowboarding domains are unlinked.

In total Chamonix town has five individual snowboarding fields – Les Montets, Les Houches, south facing Brevent, Le Flegere and not forgetting Le Domain du Balme – however only two of which are joined by ski lifts, this requires catching a bus or taking a car to the separate areas.

Thus navigating your way around Chamonix’s areas can be challenging, therefore a working knowledge of the area definitely helps.

If the group is unused to skiing then paying for skiing lessons from a ski school would not be a bad start, the teachers can suggest to you on which lift pass to purchase.

Patently a ski plan will be invaluable, these can be collected for free either from the Chamonix tourist office or from all of the snowboarding areas.

You will then need to find a ski hire place to hire some ski gear, and there is a plethora of ski shops in town to pick out there won’t be much trouble.

Subsequently it’s necessary to look at the forecast, Chamonix ski report or a webcam, as Chamonix has a high altitude ski area so the weather vary quickly and dramatically.

Should you are going to Chamonix for a week’s vacation or a skiing weekend you shall determine there is much to keep you entertained.