DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
ENVIRONMENTHIMALAYASSUBSCRIBERS A magnitude 6.8 earthquake severely affects Tibet (China) Alpine·7 January 2025In Tibet (China), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the canton of Tingri on the night of 6 to... Read More
ALPSENVIRONMENTSOCIETY DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING Jocelyn Chavy·22 June 2024In Oisans, France, torrential rains and melting snow have swollen rivers, including the Étançons, which has completely overflowed... Read More
ENVIRONMENTHIKING Bivouac or refuge : what’s the best to preserve the environment ? Calvin Leclere·25 July 2023It's a question you've probably already asked yourself when planning your next mountain adventure. Aside from the price... Read More
ALPSEDITORIALENVIRONMENTMOUNTAINEERING Mont Blanc is neither a stadium nor an airport Jocelyn Chavy·12 July 2023On July 9, after his Sea-to-Mont-Blanc record, an Italian athlete was brought down from the summit by helicopter.... Read More
ALPSENVIRONMENTSKIINGSPONSORED Ski touring and environmental impact: follow the mountain guides! Patagonia x Snowleader·27 March 2023Opening your eyes when skiing often comes down to anticipating the next snow change. However, all around us,... Read More
ALPSENVIRONMENT Billur Bektaş : “Alpine plants also suffer from global warming” Zoé Charef·10 January 2023We ranked her in our TOP 100 people to follow in 2022. Interview with Billur Bektaş who has... Read More
CLIMBINGENVIRONMENTWORLD Collapse of iconic climbing routes in Bugaboos (B.C, Canada) Ludovic Ravanel·5 January 2023End of December 2022 in British Columbia, at the foot of the Snowpatch Spire (3084m), a summit renowned... Read More
ENVIRONMENTSOCIETY Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia’s founder, gives his company away to help the planet Jocelyn Chavy·15 September 2022Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, could have sold his $3 billion company or taken it public. But fearing that... Read More
ALPSENVIRONMENTSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Global warming exhumes climbers trapped in glaciers Thomas Pueyo·12 August 2022On July 26, two French mountaineers discovered a corpse that had been trapped for decades in a Swiss... Read More
ALPSEDITORIALENVIRONMENTMOUNTAINEERING What the collapse of the Marmolada’s glacier tells us Jocelyn Chavy·4 July 2022On Sunday, July 3, at nearly 3300 meters, the rupture of a glacier section, on the Marmolada (3343... Read More
ENVIRONMENTSUBSCRIBERSWORLD The snowflake perfection Ludovic Ravanel·10 February 2022"Let us love the snow. Otherwise, we risk breaking our poetic balance and forgetting our human condition," wrote... Read More
ENVIRONMENTHIMALAYASSUBSCRIBERS Disaster in the Indian Himalaya : Avalanche, Glacial Lake Outburst or Flash Flood? Johan Berthet·26 February 2021What caused the flash flood that killed almost 250 people in India’s Uttarakhand state on 7th February 2021?... Read More