Climbing : Louna Ladevant climbs Wögu, legendary multi pitch route in Rätikon
With her brother Tristan, Louna Ladevant climbed the day's route, on the lead, on Wogü, in Rätikon. It's... Read More
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Video : Speed solo on Grand Capucin by Filip Babicz
On 23 September 2022, Filip Babicz climbed the Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif in just 49... Read More
UTMB 2023 : American dream
Yes, every UTMB goes down in history. What can we expect after the exceptional intensity of 2022? Just... Read More
Matterhorn : Nadir Maguet 5 minutes short of Kilian Jornet’s FKT
In 2013, Kilian Jornet stunned the alpine world by setting a mind-blowing record on the Matterhorn in 2... Read More
French Alps : new big route on the south face of La Meije
French Alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier de Luze opened a new 650-meter, 27-pitch route on... Read More
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
Mont Blanc : Benjamin Védrines climbs the Integrale de Peuterey in 6h51
On Monday July 10, French mountaineer Benjamin Vedrines climbed the Intégrale de Peuterey, the most beautiful and difficult... Read More
New FKT on the Haute Route: Benjamin Védrines and Samuel Equy link Chamonix to Zermatt in 14:54
On this mythical ski mountaineering route that is the Haute Route linking Chamonix to Zermatt, French athletes Benjamin Védrines and... Read More
Vanishing Lines, about Ski Resort Expansion on glaciers
Vanishing Lines' topic ? Ski resort expansion is destroying our last living glaciers. In this Patagonia movie, we... 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
La Croisade, a new mixed climb on Aiguille des Pelerins by Symon Welfringer and Tom Livingstone
Above Chamonix, France, the Aiguille des Pélerins is a Mecca for mixed climbing, with what is undoubtedly the... Read More
Grandes Jorasses’ Gousseault-Desmaison In A Day by Vedrines and Billon : a new era ?
On February 15, Leo Billon and Benjamin Vedrines climbed the Gousseault-Desmaison on Grandes Jorasses's North Face in 9... Read More
Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer
Grandes Jorasses. North face. Winter. Three climbers. Five days. Four nights. A route never repeated. This is the... Read More
Barre des Écrins south face: major new route by Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier De Luze
Of the significant gullies on the south face of the Barre des Écrins (4,102m), there was only one... Read More
The high life : last summer in La Charpoua Hut (Mont-Blanc)
What's it like running an over 100-year-old alpine refuge in the mountains near Chamonix, France, with two young... 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
Watch Christophe Dumarest and Tom Livingstone climb Grandes Jorasses’ No Siesta
It's one of the hardest routes on a north face that doesn't lack them: No Siesta at the... Read More
Cogne Ice Opening: the ice season is on!
The ice climbing season is launched: in the Aosta Valley, the Cogne Ice Opening festival has lived up its... Read More
Epic Steep skiing on the Grandes Jorasses’ North Face
On the 11th of November, Guillaume Pierrel and Boris Langestein skied the Linceul on the Grandes Jorasses. If... Read More
Mont Blanc : the Payot Ridge, unrecommended alternative to the Goûter couloir
In order to find an alternative to the Aiguille du Goûter couloir and its infamous landslides, the Petzl... Read More
The 82 x 4000 of the Alps in one summer, on own power
From 27 May to 12 August this year, Dutch mountain guide Roeland van Oss climbed all 82 of... Read More