Mer De Glace - the sea glacier

Just outside Chamonix station you can jump on a little red cog railway train that takes you to 1913m to view the Mer De Glace. The track runs through forests and over viaducts and tunnels cut through rocks as you enter the realm of the high mountains. As you round the last bend you see the glacier in all is grandeur with the moraine lines easily visible.

The day we visited the cable car was not in operation so this meant a hike down the face of the u shaped valley where once the glacier gouged its way along to the current level a clear identification of the climate change. Once at the glacier you can walk underneath it....and of course give it a lick.....not many people can say that they have licked the underside of a glacier.

 The tunnels under the glacier

 Under the Mer De Glace

 mmmm tasty, now how do I get my tongue off

 Under the Mer De Glace