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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Le Pass allows you up Grands Montets except "top tickets" the highest cable car for which you pay a supplement. Unless you're an extremo dude you may not have much need for this anyway. The unlimted pass includes this & aiguille du midi.
La Balme/Le Tour is alos near Argentiere and on Le pass.
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brian
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Thanks fatbob/all that's really the clarification I was looking for !!knew there would be a helpful person/s on here !
Rgds
Rich 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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www.compagniedumontblanc.fr/index.php
All your answers are here.
The Le Pass covers all the GM lifts except the top section of the cable car, which you can still use at a supplement (10euro i think) but it may well not be running. Personally i would buy in resort, see what is open, last year most things were shut and they were selling half price day tickets. The downside is that there might be queues at xmas.
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Type23, "waste of money" is perhaps a little judgemental. (and wrong in my judgement e.g. for my own requirements).
6 days Le Pass = €185 while MBU = €225.
If you want to do the Vallee Blanche (although that's probably unlikely at Christmas) you'd need to pay an additional €46 (or €37 maybe, difficult to tell form the website). If you want to ski Les Houches (e.g. if the weather's bad, for a change, for a decent lunch) you're out €30. So, if you had a VB and a Les Houches day, the MBU saves you something of the order of €36. And if you throw in a Courmayeur day, that's another €41.
As I say, that's predictated on you wanting to ski outside of the "Le Pass" area.
Oh - and if you're a family, 2 adults + 1st child = €462 and €562.50 respectively, saving a little more. Tour operators may not think or want (it might interfere with any commission arrangements they might have in place) to do this .
I'm not saying you should buy an MBU pass, just that it's not necessarily "a waste of money".
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Type23, The last time I was in Chamonix (4years ago?) the top ticket was 5 Euros and I think it got you two trips. If you are able then I'd recommend doing this and you don't have to be an extreme skier to get down the run. Have fun.
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FAQ
I'm staying in the Hotel Les Grands Montets and the holiday company is organising lift passes Chamonix Le pass 6 days for £135. The thing is, on looking at hotel website the lift next to it appears to be the Grand Montets Telepherique ? I understand that the
am I missing something here? is there another lift close to the hotel (walking distance!) which allows access into the Chamonix Ski domain? The holiday company state that the other pass 