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
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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
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
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