On the North Face of Mont Blanc du Tacul, a skier caused an avalanche that swept away others. The PGHM rescued the people and took them to the hospital.

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. Two groups of ski ...

Apparently, it's Fastest Known Time (FKT) season in the French Alps. Just days after Élise Poncet set the women's ski FKT on Mont Blanc, Benjamin Vedrines has set a new men's ski FKT on the peak.

Near the top of the almost 16,000 foot tall Mont Blanc, the winds hit, howling around 40 miles per hour. But French mountain athlete Élise Poncet didn’t want to turn back and be forced to face Mont ...

In completing the feat, Poncet set a new women’s ski fastest known time (FKT) on Mont Blanc, squeezing ahead of the previous record holder, Anna DeMonte, by over 30 minutes.

Paris (AFP) – Rising French mountaineering star Benjamin Vedrines broke the record for the fastest ascent and descent of western Europe's highest mountain Mont Blanc, beating a mark that had ...

Monzino - Bivacchi Eccles 1300m, Central Pillar 500m (695m length), summit of Central Pillar - Mont Blanc 360m This is certainly one the ... route via the Vallot refuge (4362m) and the Refuge du ...

Hosts regional talk-show "Sky-Light" (Südwestrundfunk). His name is actually Caetano. This was abbreviated to "Cai". They spoke English at home and due to a misunderstanding ("This is Cai"), his name ...

C'était soir de grande première pour le Cirque du Soleil ce jeudi 15 mai, alors que le spectacleLuzia, signé Daniele Finzi Pasca, lançait sa tournée nord-américaine sous le célèbre grand chapiteau ...