In reply to alps_p:
The chere had a few teams on it last wednesday, I know one team left there skis at the cosmiques hut and snow shoed across, there is lots of snow about but things were still getting climbed, we had a good week and apart from the hard work on approaches some of the climbing was great, that said though i wouldnt want to try anything on an avalanched proned slope, we see a number of large avalanches, one on the glacier leading to maudit and one on the NF of the verte, Weather and conditions in chamonix are never reliable and its always a gamble, unless you live out there or your in a position that you can just up and go whenever its good.
I would speak to the guides office the week before going out and see what they have to say, they are also very helpful in giving some idea on what might be climbable.
Regards
Tommy