france's border with italy it was first climbed in seventeen eighty six but pioneering in the region began before that year max reports a megane lead travelled there recently to learn more about the mountains history. monzon the highest mountain in. its stood here since the beginning of time locating the charm many france it is a premier winter destination for tourists all over the world. spending that sudan has lived in charmine for over thirty years as an official drive she understands very well what draws tourists to this region yeah that's going to cause the whole valley shines with these mountains the mountains together with more blank are amazing. the first actual mountain pioneers were crystal hunters who extracted courts from the mountains of chamonix it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmony's crystal museum