Munchie, Chamonix

MATRIX ' wife has taken her heartbreak to new heights - the French Alps.

Scorned Swedish beauty Elin Nordegren headed to a luxury chalet near the swank resort of Chamonix to celebrate New Year's - and her 30th birthday - with her nearest and dearest.

And that didn't include the golf great who was unmasked in November as a serial philanderer with at least a dozen mistresses.

Nordegren arrived in France a couple of days after Christmas with her twin sister Josefin and five close pals, London's Sun reported Saturday. They stayed in a posh seven-bedroom chalet away from the main resort, and a French security team was hired to protect their privacy.

The mother of two spent much of her time inside the , 000-a-night hideaway, but she did take a stroll in sleek ski togs.

Although the cozy chalet has its own chef, she went out with her sister and friends to the Swedish-owned restaurant Munchie on New Year's Eve. They sat at a table away from the crowds and feasted on a special tasting menu, according to the Swedish paper Expressen.

The murky circumstances of the crash unleashed an avalanche of reports that the athlete had been cheating on his ex-model wife with cocktail waitresses and porn stars for years.

"Elin wanted to take her family and close friends away from the minefield Tiger has created by his behavior, " an insider told the Sun. "She has been absolutely torn to pieces by what he has done to her. But she still sees a future with Tiger because of the beautiful children they have.