Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with the Alpine community ...

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, ...

These are the tensest seconds of the entire climb and have to be repeated on the return from the summit. These statistics come from a study by the University Savoie Mont Blanc, which for the first ...

Mont Blanc offers a legitimate and challenging mountaineering experience, attracting climbers from around the world. The mountain is covered in snow and ice year-round, with glaciers, such as the ...

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 ...

Melting glaciers reveal remains of hikers, climbers As glaciers increasingly ... recovered the remains of hikers on a glacier on Mont Blanc's southern face likely dating from the 1980s or 1990s.

Czech climber Lucie Hrozová has repeated Digital Crack, the famous 8a freed by Thierry Renault and Alain Ghersen above Arête des Cosmiques on Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif. The 30-year-old ...

Over the course of 10 days she aims to climb Mont Blanc, Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn, with the guidance of seasoned alpinist and speed-flyer Will Morris. EPA/DOMINIC STEINMANN The ...