The highest peak of the Chamonix Needles in the French Alps

A spectacular drone flight to the Aiguille du Midi, a 3,842-metre French mountain

Esp 1·17·2025 · 22:45 0

In the French Alps, in the northern part of the Mont Blanc massif, there is a group of mountains that are like a wall full of edges.

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These mountains are known as the Aiguilles de Chamonix. The highest of these mountains is the Aiguille du Midi (Needle of the South, in English), whose summit reaches 3,842 metres above sea level. The first person to reach this summit was a Polish poet, Antoni Malczewski, who reached it on 4 August 1818, accompanied by the French hunter Jacques Balmat and five other guides.

The Aiguille du Midi cable car, seen from Chamonix (Photo: Calips).

A cable car was opened in 1955 that allows you to reach the top of this mountain (the ascent to the summit is done by elevator). For 20 years it was the highest cable car in the world, although today it is still the one with the greatest vertical distance: 2,807 meters. The cable car begins its journey in Chamonix, at an altitude of 1,030 meters. This French town is where a spectacular drone flight published by Romano FPV three months ago begins, heading towards the Aiguille du Midi. The video was recorded with an HGLRC Rekon Y6 drone. The soundtrack is the song "UruR" by the Norwegian folk group Wardruna:

You can see some screenshots from this magnificent video here. We start with an image of the ascent, with the Aiguille du Midi as a white giant in the background. Below we see a torrent of water descending towards Chamonix.

The impressive ridges of the Aiguille du Midi. I can't even imagine what it must have been like to climb this mountain 207 years ago, when its summit was first reached.

A picture of the descent. We see Chamonix in the background.

A stunning view of the Glacier du Géant, on the left, during the drone's descent back to Chamonix.

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