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 main ones on Mont Blanc, the mayor of St-Gervais, J-M. Peil... Read More...
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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, the spectacular circuit raised the stakes e... 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 glacier. The identity of this mummified man remains a myst... Read More...
Sovereign nature
It's crazy what a little change gives wings. Those of a kite in this case, a red kite.Accustomed to the hands of climbers, the wiggle of skiers and other alpin... Read More...
Dent d’Hérens : Tiefmatten’s ridge Mountaineering in Valais, Switzerland
In the shadow of its neighbors the Matterhorn and the Dent Blanche, the Dent d'Hérens is a rather discreet 4000m, hidden between Zermatt and Cervinia. And yet ... Read More...
The last chance alpinist
After a few weeks in the mountains, disconnected from the networks and other notifications, I returned to the virtual planet. There, depressing alerts and pictu... 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 a little more fun on the way down? With the new e... 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 to all: Jon Krakauer. Remember, it was him w... 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 m), in the Dolomites, swept away the normal route of this ver... 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 number of aspirants - twenty thousand people - who want to clim... 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 therefore necessary to bypass it: from the right, some guides have pla... 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 Anker, the festival's patron. The Alpinist was award... 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 make a name for herself in the 1960s, in a very male-dominated a... 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 to a complete mountaineer, was not easy... but the teach... 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, Guillaume Pierrel had never climbed with American Mike D... 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, in the Verdon Gorge (France). Seb Bouin has s... 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. These crevasses could have a lasting impact on the normal r... Read More...
DRUS: Raphaël Georges climbs the Lesueur route solo Mont-Blanc
From 21 to 23 March, the young mountain guide Raphaël Georges, 31 years old, made the first solo ascent of the Lesueur route (1952, 900 m, M7, 6b), on the nor... Read More...
First ski descent on Aiguille des Lacs by Paul Bonhomme Steep skiing
It's a new steep descent for Paul Bonhomme. Mountain guide by profession but a great lover of slopes and wild mountains, Paul Bonhomme skied the East face of ... Read More...
Eiger North Face Winter Solo : Destivelle points out the difference between Laura Tiefenthaler’s ascent and her own 30 years ago
On the 25th of March 2022, the young Austrian guide Laura Tiefenthaler solo climbed the North Face of the Eiger via the Heckmair route (ED, 1600m). Although thi... Read More...
Why the greatest skimo race is Pierra Menta Portfolio
The 36th edition of the Pierra Menta came to an end on Saturday. The crowd went up to the Col de la Forclaz and to the Antécime du Grand Mont in Beaufortain at... Read More...
Will ski touring soon be charged in France?
The advent of marked and secure ski touring routes, set up by the ski resorts, opens up the possibility of paying acces to the activity. But the conditions rem... Read More...
Ice climbing : always a famous place sixt fer à cheval 30 years 2/2
At the Fer à Cheval in Sixt, the disciples of François Damilano and Thierry Renault continued their exploration of the circus with talent. The free climbing of ... Read More...
Grandes Jorasses : Hard Winter Ascent for Léo Billon, Seb Ratel and Benjamin Védrines Directe de l'Amitié
Barely back from a second North Face in a row, Léo Billon is enthusiastic: “It’s the most beautiful mountaineering route I’ve ever done in the Alps!" With Sé... Read More...
Ice climbing: the birth of the 7 Sixt Fer a Cheval 30 years 1/2
If you like iceclimbing in France, then go to La Grave and the Diable valley in Oisans, Freissinières and Fournel in the Hautes-Alpes, Gavarnie in the Pyrenees.... Read More...
Charles Dubouloz about his Grandes Jorasses’s solo ascent : “a huge personal achievement”
We spoke to Charles Dubouloz, as he is back from his bold solo ascent of Rolling Stones on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses. The French alpinist describes... Read More...
Solo climb : Charles Dubouloz ticks one of the hardest routes of Grandes Jorasses North Face
He spent six days and five nights in the shadow of the Grandes Jorasses: from 13 to 18 January, Charles Dubouloz climbed the North Face solo via the Rolling Sto... Read More...
Cogne : first Italian-style ice Cogne Ice Opening 2021
The ice season traditionally opens with the first real drop in temperature, but also with an event that is well known to ice-climbing enthusiasts: the well-name... Read More...
Alpine traverse on skis, in the footsteps of Stéphane Brosse
Stéphane Brosse, one of the best mountain skiers, disappeared on skis 9 years ago, in 2012. Last winter, a team of three young skiers set off in his footsteps ... Read More...
Climbing Rolling Stones on Grandes Jorasses North Face by Tom Livingstone Part Two
Britain's Tom Livingstone made a name for himself in 2018 with his ascent of the north face of Latok I in Pakistan, along with Slovenians Aleš Česen and Luka S... Read More...
Taming Rolling Stones on Grandes Jorasses North Face by Tom Livingstone Part One
Britain's Tom Livingstone made a name for himself in 2018 with his ascent of the north face of Latok I in Pakistan, along with Slovenians Aleš Česen and Luka S... Read More...
Mont Blanc in a Day: A Marathon Day Out at 4,810 m Alpine Greatest Climbs
Mont Blanc via the Goûter Route attracts a lot of people, from all horizons and with all levels of ability. The idea of climbing the route in a day, either a... Read More...
A new major climb on La Meije South Face
At the end of August, Benjamin Ribeyre, Erin Smart and Cyril Dupeyré completed their project on the south face of the Meije, the opening of a new major route on... Read More...
The Tricot – Bionnassay – Mont Blanc Ridge Traverse A magical alpine line
Have you ever wanted to take an adventurous hike up to the mont Blanc via a beautiful route off the beaten path? If so, then come with us to Val Montjoie, along... Read More...
Riding down Piz Boè on a bike Tom Oehler's performance in the Dolomites
Guinness World Record holder Tom Oehler has taken trial mountain biking to new heights again. The 37-year-old Austrian, who holds the world records in bike hig... Read More...
No room for mistakes ! High-alpine MTB in the Dolomites with Tom Oehler
Mountain biking is on the rise, and trials athletes are having a field day when they accept a certain amount of commitment. Follow Austrian trials mountain bik... Read More...
A JOURNEY IN MONT-BLANC BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY DRAW THE LINE #1
Incredible but true! Taking the Julbo team's mountain athletes and their community to the peaks together was a daring gamble. Through polls, votes, quizzes ... Read More...
Chamonix, mountain film capital past and present Chamonix film festival
From 9 to 13 June, Chamonix Mont-Blanc hosted its first mountain film festival, and we saw many of you there ! Such a festival was a natural choice for the “w... Read More...
The Matterhorn, up the Zmutt Nose in winter : “what fires my imagination in mountaineering is the adventure”, Mat Détrie.
The ascent party made up of Pauline Champon, Mat Détrie, and Louis Pachoud repeated the Zmutt Nose route on the north face of the Matterhorn from 24th to 26th F... Read More...
A FIRST FOR THE GMHM ON LES DRUS : “I HAD NEVER COME ACROSS SUCH A STEEP FACE IN THE ALPS”, LEO BILLON
Four members of the French Army’s High-Altitude Military Group (GMHM) opened a way on the west face of Les Drus, from the 18th to 22nd February, in four bivvie... Read More...
Entering the history books : Julia Chanourdie becomes world’s third woman to climb 9b
2020 was a year off for climbing competitions, but not for Julia Chanourdie, who will be going to the Olympics in Tokyo. She made the most her time without any... Read More...
An exclusive interview with Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra needs no introduction. The 27 year old Czech climber is a living legend in the climbing world. His long list of accomplishments include the first 9c ... Read More...