Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway or Funivia dei Ghiacciai or Télécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc, (previously Télécabine de la Vallée Blanche) is a passenger aerial tramway between Courmayeur (Italy) and Chamonix (France) by passing over the Mont Blanc Massif, in the Alps. After a construction period of four years, it began service in 1958. The tramway connects the Aiguille du Midi and the Pointe Helbronner with each other over a distance of some 5 km (3.1 miles). It has fixed track cables (one each direction) carrying 12 groups of 3 small cabins each which are pulled by a haulage rope of 10,200 m (33,465 ft) in a single loop.