The summer season ends soon, but there are still some good days ahead to climb Mont Blanc. If conditions are right, it is a ...

The fabulous world of Babette, or rather Mont Blanc's marvelous granite climbing, starting from Envers des Aiguilles. Interview with Michel Piola, one of the most prolific alpinists in the world who, ...

The huge white dome of Mont Blanc is instantly recognisable. Like the triangular Matterhorn, it’s one of those peaks that all mountaineers wants to tick off. The good news is that, if climbing with a ...

On 01/11/2024 Niccolò Bruni and Federica Furia made the first ascent of 'C'est trop facile', a new mixed climb on Aiguille de ...

Mont Blanc is one of the most challenging climbing areas in the Alps Two German climbers froze to death while attempting one of the peaks of Mont Blanc in the French Alps and rescuers have ...

Hugh, who has about 1,000 hours of paragliding experience, said he had attempted to climb Mont Blanc back in 2002 with a friend but had to turn back about three quarters of the way to the top.

But mountaineers who have already booked accommodation on the route will be permitted to climb. Concerns have been raised recently over the numbers of tourists visiting Mont Blanc in the summer.

Both were in the same hiking club. Out of the seven members in their group, three did not climb Mont Blanc, while the ...

A consistent, three-day-a-week program brought muscle and success.

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The huge white dome of Mont Blanc is instantly recognisable. Like the triangular Matterhorn, it’s one of those peaks that all mountaineers wants to tick off. The good news is that, if climbing with a ...