The Eiger, joins Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and Gran Paradiso as major climbing destinations this time of year, and is reviewed below. It’s climbing season in the Alps!

Here are some more facts about the deadly avalanche on the Eiger yesterday. Falling ice triggered the major slide down the west flank of the Eiger yesterday at 1:45 pm local time.

THE Eiger – which translates as the Ogre- is is a 13,000ft mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It became famous in the 1930s when people would gather to catch glimpses of climbing pa… ...

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From Everest, Mont Blanc, Annapurna and the Eiger to . . . the Little Sugar Loaf. Arminta Wallacejoins world-famous mountaineer Chris Bonington for a stroll up memory lane in Co Wicklow. They look ...

Climbers capture landslide on Mont Blanc 00:37. Four climbers from Italy and South Korea were found dead on the Alps' highest peak of Mont Blanc on Tuesday after they had been missing for three ...

Climbers capture landslide on Mont Blanc 00:37. A Danish hiker fell to his death Wednesday in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps after slipping from a trail, rescue services said, just one ...