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
ALPSCULTUREMOUNTAINEERING Ice climbing : the new guidebook for Briancon, the French Ice Climbing Mecca Jocelyn Chavy·15 January 2025350 pages, 850 ice and mixed routes: it's been a long wait, but not in vain! Twenty years... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS 7 days on the west face of the Drus, a new route set by Amaury Fouillade, Baptiste Obino and Philippe Bruley Jocelyn Chavy·13 January 2025The Drus' arrow is a powerful magnet. The kind you can't take your eyes off. The king mountaineers... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Carrington-Rouse at Les Pèlerins (Mont-Blanc) : Rébuffat revisited Ulysse Lefebvre·7 January 2025Could Gaston Rébuffat have imagined that one of his climbing routes would become a classic ... of mixed... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERING His finest record? Kilian Jornet climbs all 82 4000-metre peaks in the Alps in 19 days Jocelyn Chavy·1 September 2024Just after setting a new record in the Sierre Zinal trail race, Kilian Jornet embarked on a project... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS « Alpine Connections » : Kilian Jornet crosses the Alps by the 4000 peaks Jocelyn Chavy·19 August 2024Four days after his victory in the Sierre-Zinal race, Kilian Jornet has embarked on a new and original... 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
ALPSSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS Steep skiing : exceptional ski descents in the Mont Blanc massif Jocelyn Chavy·10 June 2024It's no secret that a well-watered spring in Europe resulted in a snow surplus in the high mountains.... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGTRAIL-RUNNING Mont Blanc Woman Record : Always Alive, Hillary Gerardi’s feat on the big screen Jocelyn Chavy·29 April 2024For several years now, Hillary Gerardi has been shining on the podiums of the finest trail races, but... Read More
ALPSCLIMBING The fine line between risk and danger : James Pearson’s huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell’Orco James Pearson·26 April 2024James Pearson's love story with committed climbing is not over. After climbing his long-term project in south of... Read More
ALPSHIKINGSPONSORED Tour du mont Blanc : one mountain, endless experiences Alpine·8 April 2024Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, moreover it is also both one... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS Fay Manners: from the English hills to the off-road mountaineering Noé Agresti·13 March 2024On their return from their expedition to Pakistan in June 2023, Basque climbers Iker and Eneko Pou described... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSPONSORED Millet : knowledge for the unknown Millet·5 March 2024With over a century of expertise in mountain equipment, the Millet brand is now rethinking its raison d'être:... Read More
ALPSSKIING Steep Skiing Trilogy for the french Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean in the Ecrins massif Ulysse Lefebvre·22 February 2024After completing a five-face steep skiing sequence on the neighboring Agneaux summit in France's Écrins massif, french alpinists... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERING Matterhorn : new route up the south face for Francois Cazzanelli, Jerome Perruquet, Marco Farina and Stefano Stradelli Alpine·9 February 2024New ascent on the Matterhorn's south face: Una Follia per Adriana is the name of the new route,... Read More
ALPSCLIMBING DRUS-DROITES-JORASSES TRILOGY: AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE FRENCH CLIMBERS LÉO BILLON AND BENJAMIN VÉDRINES Jocelyn Chavy·29 January 2024On Tuesday January 30, the french climbers Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines reached the summit of the Grandes... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Dolomites Big Wall : first full ascent of Ultima Perla at monte Agner Manu Rivaud·7 January 2024The Big Wall of the Dolomites: the north face of Mount Agner in Veneto. A historic route by... Read More
ALPSCLIMBING Climbing : Louna Ladevant climbs Wögu, legendary multi pitch route in Rätikon Alpine·15 October 2023With her brother Tristan, Louna Ladevant climbed the day's route, on the lead, on Wogü, in Rätikon. It's... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGVIDEO Video : Speed solo on Grand Capucin by Filip Babicz Alpine·27 September 2023On 23 September 2022, Filip Babicz climbed the Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif in just 49... Read More
ALPSSUBSCRIBERSTRAIL-RUNNING UTMB 2023 : American dream Julien Gilleron·2 September 2023Yes, every UTMB goes down in history. What can we expect after the exceptional intensity of 2022? Just... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Matterhorn : Nadir Maguet 5 minutes short of Kilian Jornet’s FKT Jocelyn Chavy·26 August 2023In 2013, Kilian Jornet stunned the alpine world by setting a mind-blowing record on the Matterhorn in 2... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGMOUNTAINEERINGNon classéSUBSCRIBERS French Alps : new big route on the south face of La Meije Calvin Leclere·22 August 2023French Alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier de Luze opened a new 650-meter, 27-pitch route on... Read More