Mont Blanc, whose name translates to "White Mountain," straddles the French-Italian border and is renowned for its breathtaking beauty, challenging climbs, and significant role in the history of ...

The Tour du Mont Blanc is a long-distance hike that takes visitors to a different view of Europe’s tallest mountain every day ...

Ludovic Ravanel M. Dalmaso / Mountain Path The rockfalls on stretches of Mont Blanc have become so hazardous at the height of summer that experienced guides—which Ravanel is, too—refuse to ...

In August 2017, Italian mountain rescue crews recovered the remains of hikers on a glacier on Mont Blanc's southern face likely dating from the 1980s or 1990s. The month before that, a shrinking ...

Benjamin Brookman of the 160th Brigade, based in Brecon, completed the gruelling Arc of Attrition by UTMB, a renowned ...

Since then, the spirit of mountain climbing, and in particular the acceptance ... Having said that, I still continue to find virgin faces nearly every summer in this limitless Mont Blanc massif.

Italian extreme skier Davide Capozzi talks about this sport, with particular reference to the Mont Blanc mountain range, from the classic descents to those who have left their mark in the white gold.

Get the inside knowledge: Chamonix-based Mountain Guides Will Sim and Stuart MacDonald offer the wealth of their experience for those thinking of ticking the highest point in Western Europe. The huge ...

To explore this, Dr. Léa Courtial-Manent of France's Université Savoie Mont Blanc and colleagues investigated the long-term erosion trends of the mountain range through the history of rockfall ...

Saint-Gervais, surrounded by Mont Blanc among other towering peaks, is also a top French Alps destination in its own right, with bountiful eateries and plenty of mountain air to inhale.

The Alps are Europe’s biggest mountain range and lie right at the ... like the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, and the Eiger. There are many glaciers here, these are massive blocks of ice that form ...