Grand Capucin and Refuge des Cosmiques (Cosmiques Hut), Chamonix, Rhone Alpes, Haute Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

View from Mont Blanc towards Grandes Jorasses, with mountaineers on Cosmiques Ridge, Mont Blanc, French Alpes, France, Europe

Cosmique Arete on Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Rhone Alps, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Looking down to the Vallee Blanche and the Cosmiques Hut used by climbers on Mont Blanc, small figures are seen in the valley, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, Rhone Alpes, France, Europe

A highly skilled skier making a very fast descent of the extremely steep off-piste run known as Cosmiques Couloir, Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, Alps, France, Europe

Mont Blanc du Tacul and Refuge des Cosmiques (Cosmiques Hut), Chamonix, Rhone Alpes, Haute Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

A highly skilled skier making a very fast descent of the extremely steep off-piste run known as Cosmiques Couloir, Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, Alps, France, Europe

View from Mont Blanc towards Grandes Jorasses, with mountaineers on Cosmiques Ridge, Mont Blanc, French Alps, France, Europe

A snowboarder descending the famous Cosmiques Couloir, Chamonix Valley, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

View from Mont Blanc towards Grandes Jorasses, with mountaineers on Cosmiques Ridge, Mont Blanc, French Alps, France, Europe

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete.

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station.

Climbers on a pinnalce on the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station.

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete.

Climbers on a pinnalce on the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France.