{"id":1006,"date":"2026-06-07T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/aiguille-du-midi\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"aiguille-du-midi","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/aiguille-du-midi\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiguille du Midi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The cable car from Chamonix to the Aiguille du Midi climbs to 3,842 m and is one of the highest and steepest cable cars in the world. At the top, viewing terraces overlook the Mont Blanc summit, along with the glass box Pas dans le Vide over the abyss. The station is also the starting point of the famous Vall\u00e9e Blanche ski run.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the highest cable cars in the world (3,842 m)<\/li>\n<li>Glass box Pas dans le Vide (Step into the Void)<\/li>\n<li>Direct view of the Mont Blanc summit<\/li>\n<li>Access to the Vall\u00e9e Blanche<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">3,842 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Special feature<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Viewing box Pas dans le Vide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Ascent<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Cable car from Chamonix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Connection<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Gondola to the Pointe Helbronner (Italy)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> Cable car valley station in the centre of Chamonix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Year-round; choose clear days, travel early.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Cable car payable, online tickets with time slots (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> At 3,842 m the altitude is noticeable; dress warmly, move slowly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Secure an early ticket, the crowds are large in summer<\/li>\n<li>In cloud the ascent is hardly worth it, check the mountain weather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cNeedle of the Midday Hour\u201d bears its name because, seen from Chamonix, the sun stands at midday roughly above this 3842-metre-high rock tooth. The mountain belongs to the Mont Blanc massif, that tremendous granite block whose highest summit was first climbed in 1786 by the crystal hunter Jacques Balmat and the doctor Michel Paccard, an event that marked the beginning of modern mountaineering. Chamonix thereby became the cradle of mountaineering, and the Aiguille du Midi moved, as a striking vantage and starting point near the roof of Europe, into the focus of interest of researchers and mountaineers.<\/p>\n<p>In 1955 one of the boldest cable cars in the Alps began operating here, leading in an almost vertical second section directly to the summit rock and representing, for its time, an engineering sensation. From the platform hovering high above the valley, the view reaches across the wide glacier world to Mont Blanc, and across the ice sea of the Vall\u00e9e Blanche experienced alpinists set out on demanding high tours. The station is at the same time the end point of a panorama gondola, which connects the massif across the glaciers with the Italian side. Thus the Aiguille du Midi makes a high-mountain landscape experienceable that is otherwise open only to practised mountaineers, and combines mountaineering history with technical pioneering achievement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-huettentour\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/huettenwandern-einsteiger\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut hiking for beginners \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Seilbahn von Chamonix auf die Aiguille du Midi \u00fcberwindet bis 3.842 m und ist eine der h\u00f6chsten und steilsten Seilbahnen der Welt. Oben warten Aussichtsterrassen mit Blick auf den Mont-Blanc-Gipfel sowie die gl\u00e4serne Box Pas dans le Vide \u00fcber dem Abgrund. Die Station ist zugleich Ausgangspunkt der ber\u00fchmten Skiabfahrt Vall\u00e9e Blanche. 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