Watch GMHM Dru west face first ascent
They were streamed live on YT while climbing the Dru. From 18 to 22 February 2021 the French... Read More
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Kilian Jornet breaks UTMB record, Katie Schide first woman
The UTMB is not the world's top trail running race for nothing: the best mountain runners have once... Read More
No Straight Lines, the video story of paraclimber Angelino Zeller
Climbing is a passion. For everyone. "The real barrier is not the physical ability. If you find your... Read More
Mont Blanc : the huts on the normal route reopened
Less than two weeks after taking the historic decision to close the Tête Rousse and Goûter huts, the... Read More
Sierre-Zinal 2022: Kenya wins ahead of Kilian Jornet and the rest of the world
Sierre-Zinal (Switzerland) just hosted the 4th round of the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS). On a mythical course,... 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
Sovereign nature
It's crazy what a little change gives wings. Those of a kite in this case, a red kite.Accustomed... Read More
Dent d’Hérens : Tiefmatten’s ridge
In the shadow of its neighbors the Matterhorn and the Dent Blanche, the Dent d'Hérens is a rather... Read More
The last chance alpinist
After a few weeks in the mountains, disconnected from the networks and other notifications, I returned to the... Read More
Aiguille du Tour: e-MTB alpine style !
Who hasn't thought of shortening an approach or making it more fun before entering the full vertical? Having... Read More
Pride and Prejudice: Jon Krakauer’s Chamonix
In the world of "adventure journalism" and mountain journalism in particular, there is a name that imposes itself... 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
Controversy on the Mont Blanc Normal Route : new anchors removed by Christophe Profit
If there is one summit that exacerbates passions, it is Mont Blanc. No doubt also because of the... Read More
MONT BLANC: THE NEW NORMAL ROUTES
Since March, a large crevasse has cut the normal route of Mont Blanc at the Bosses. It is... Read More
The Chamonix Film Festival prize list: The Grand Prix for The Alpinist
For its second edition, the Chamonix Film Festival ends with the awards ceremony in the presence of Conrad... Read More
A tribute to Simone Badier, the great french alpinist
Born in 1936, Simone Badier passed away last March. She was one of the first women climbers to... Read More
Federica Mingolla, from the gym to the big climbs
The path that took Federica Mingolla from the gym's walls to the mountains, from being a young athlete... Read More
Steep skiing and climbing au mont Blanc du Tacul
When the conditions are good up there, you have to take advantage of them. Mountain Guide in Chamonix,... Read More
Seb Bouin sends DNA, possibly the second 9C in climbing history!
On the 24th of April, Frenchman Seb Bouin achieved an incredible feat: to complete his long-standing project, DNA,... Read More
Climbing Mont Blanc could become more difficult
On the normal route of Mont Blanc, at the level of the Bosses ridge, large crevasses have appeared.... Read More
DRUS: Raphaël Georges climbs the Lesueur route solo
From 21 to 23 March, the young mountain guide Raphaël Georges, 31 years old, made the first solo... Read More