On the north ridge of Vierge du Flambeau (3244m) in the Mont Blanc massif Filip Babicz and Heike Schmitt have made the first ascent of 'La Tête du Dragon' (7a, 280m). Babicz reports. This is my ...

Fremont’s Jojy Michael (top left), seen here in Les Houches, France, linked up with some college friends to hike 100 miles of ...

I went on a bucket list holiday to the French Alps with charming villages, delicious food and the most jaw-dropping views – and I’m longing ...

The 50-mile scenic route is one of the best ways to experience this glorious national park. Going-to-the-Sun Road is a ...

A new study links climate change-induced glacier melt in the Alps to a surge in minor earthquakes, warning that seismic risk ...

French alpinists Yanis Cherqaoui, Baptiste Obino and Hugo Peruzzo made the first ascent of 'Le château dans le ciel' (ED, 7b+ ...

Dreaming of Aperol spritzes, sun-soaked coastlines, and endless summer evenings? Europe is calling — but skip the same-old city breaks and tourist-packed spots. This year, make it one to remember with ...

One person has died on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe on the border between France and Italy, after masses of ice broke off from a glacier.. Four more people were injured when ...

From high up on the Mont Blanc Massif, our group of 10 mountaineers huddles together on a small stand of jagged granite rocks poking through the snow covering the Col d’Entreves. At 11,538 feet ...

Mont Blanc under surveillance over fears glacier could collapse This picture taken in the Mont Blanc Massif, on August 3, 2021 shows a serac raising a snow cloud as falls downstream from Grandes ...

PLANPINCIEUX, ITALY: Scientists on Italy's side of the Mont Blanc massif are constantly monitoring a melting glacier, where the risk of collapse due to rising temperatures threatens the valley below.