Would you believe it. Morzine and Chamonix are scrapping over who should host one of the events (should Annecy win the bid) at the 2018 Winter Olympics. I guess in this fight Morzine counts as the young upstart and Chamonix are not pleased. They have been claiming that Morzine is “too far” from Annecy to be included in the bid.
The full story can be found on the Dauphine Libere website, in French. If you’d like help with the translation then try the Google Translator it works “sufficiently”!
Briefly the president of the bid did some googling to see what the stats looked like from Annecy to Chamonix and Morzine, the result being:
Annecy to Chamonix 95km equating to 1hr 09min at the wheel.
Annecy to Morzine 86km equating to 1hr 18min at the wheel (there is less motorway on this route).
So this is fairly inconclusive so he took a local member of the Judiciary (from Thonon Les Bains so impartial) to drive the two routes, the results being.
Annecy to Chamonix 95.7km equating to 1hr 07min at the wheel.
Annecy to Morzine 85.5km equating to 1hr 12min at the wheel
So Chamonix wins by a whisker – but surely they are clutching at straws argueing over 5min!
