Bivouac or refuge : what’s the best to preserve the environment ?
It's a question you've probably already asked yourself when planning your next mountain adventure. Aside from the price... Read More
ENVIRONMENT
Mont Blanc is neither a stadium nor an airport
On July 9, after his Sea-to-Mont-Blanc record, an Italian athlete was brought down from the summit by helicopter.... Read More
Ski touring and environmental impact: follow the mountain guides!
Opening your eyes when skiing often comes down to anticipating the next snow change. However, all around us,... Read More
Billur Bektaş : “Alpine plants also suffer from global warming”
We ranked her in our TOP 100 people to follow in 2022. Interview with Billur Bektaş who has... Read More
Collapse of iconic climbing routes in Bugaboos (B.C, Canada)
End of December 2022 in British Columbia, at the foot of the Snowpatch Spire (3084m), a summit renowned... Read More
Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia’s founder, gives his company away to help the planet
Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, could have sold his $3 billion company or taken it public. But fearing that... Read More
Global warming exhumes climbers trapped in glaciers
On July 26, two French mountaineers discovered a corpse that had been trapped for decades in a Swiss... Read More
What the collapse of the Marmolada’s glacier tells us
On Sunday, July 3, at nearly 3300 meters, the rupture of a glacier section, on the Marmolada (3343... Read More
The snowflake perfection
"Let us love the snow. Otherwise, we risk breaking our poetic balance and forgetting our human condition," wrote... Read More
Disaster in the Indian Himalaya : Avalanche, Glacial Lake Outburst or Flash Flood?
What caused the flash flood that killed almost 250 people in India’s Uttarakhand state on 7th February 2021?... Read More