| CHAMONIX | Ski resort and mountaineering destination at the foot of Mont Blanc that hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 (8) |
| LOURDES | Pilgrimage destination at the foot of the Pyrenees |
| MEGEVE | Village in the Haute-Savoie department near Mont Blanc that was brought to prominence as a ski resort by the Rothschilds in the 1920s (6) |
| HUEZ | French Alpine commune, site of a ski resort and ascent regularly featured in the Tour de France (4) |
| WHISTLER | Ski resort and town near Vancouver (8) |
| AVALANCHE | Natural disaster; one of the risks of off-piste skiing and mountaineering (9) |
| BOWLINE | Boating and mountaineering knot that can be tied with one hand (7) |
| GROOVE | Shallow corner in bouldering and mountaineering; a track cut into a record for a stylus; or, the rhythm in jazz, funk or soul (6) |
| INNSBRUCK | Small Austrian city that hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 (9) |
| SAPPORO | Japanese city that hosted the first Winter Olympics held in Asia |
| FIGURESKATING | The first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, introduced at the 1908 Olympics in London (6,7) |
| NORWAY | Country which topped the medal table at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 (6) |
| TOMB | The dead centre of the top of Mont Blanc summits (4) |
| HANA | Destination at the end of a long and winding Maui road |
| ROME | City that hosted the first match of Euro 2020, between Turkey and Italy |
| HOME | Destination at the end of a vacation |
| ITALIAN | Like part of Mont Blanc -- south of it, a climber almost falls (7) |
| ALPS | Site of the first Winter Olympics |
| CHAMONIXFRANCE | Site of the first Winter Olympics |
| AOSTA | - Valley; smallest, least populous region of Italy, site of Mont Blanc (5) |
