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Mer de Glace) and is moderately difficult, provided the snow is melted (generally covered
by snow until June; get trail details at the Office of the High Mountain, listed earlier).
Somestretchesaresteepandstrenuous,withunevenfootingandslipperyrocks.Takeyour
time. Note the last train time from Montenvers-Mer de Glace back to Chamonix, or you'll
be hiking another hour and a half straight down.
Here is an overview of this 2.5-hour hike: From the Aiguille du Midi lift, get off
halfway down at Plan de l'Aiguille,
sortie
to the café, then find signs leading down to
Montenvers-Mer de Glace
. You'll drop steadily for 15 minutes down to a small refuge
(good prices for meals and drinks), then go right, hiking the spectacularly scenic, undulat-
