Alps
Watch: Near Miss as Massive Avalanche Sweeps Through French Ski Resort
For my money, avalanches are right up there with...
A Swiss Miss: Toblerone Chocolate Not Swiss Enough to Sport the Matterhorn
Some things are just inherently Swiss: Oddly useful knives....
Francois Cazzanelli: ‘We Are the Instagram Climbing Generation, in a Good Way’
New lines or first winter ascents are coming almost...
A Winter Repeat of Mont Blanc’s Legendary Freney Central Pillar
It was probably a normal Valentine's Day for alpinist...
A Winter Repetition of Cazzanelli’s Landmark Matterhorn Route
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Jerome Perruquet...
A Dolomites’ Dozen: Italian Solo-Traverses 12 Peaks In 3 Days
Simon Gietl has once again proved himself a master...
Vedrines and Billon Speed Up Legendary Route on the Grandes Jorasses
For the rest of the winter, we should perhaps...
Unstoppable Cazzanelli Sends Another New Route
Francois Cazzanelli is having a furious winter in the...
North Face of Grandes Jorasses: the Diretissima Free-Climbed in Winter
It's been a fruitful season in the Alps, with...
The First Winter Solo of the Rebuffat Route on Pic de Belledonne
On Feb. 5, French mountain guide Thibault Sibille (32)...
New First Ascent on the Grandes Jorasses
It took two attempts, but climbers Giuseppe Vidoni, Richard...
Benjamin Vedrines Opens Treacherous Gully Up the Barre des Écrins
Benjamin Vedrines has completed another remarkable feat just hours...
Ever Upwards: The Zsigmondy Brothers and the Early Days of Alpinism
The Alps, the largest mountain range exclusively in Europe,...
Weekend Warm-Up: The Final Season of Chamonix’s Oldest Refuge
For those who feel the romantic allure of living...
Ski Traverse, Benjamin Vedrines-Style: 138Km, 12,000 Vertical M, Two Days
"Another great project done," said Benjamin Vedrines. The French...
Cazzanelli Opens New Route From his Front Door
When not guiding or preparing for an expedition, Francois...
4th Climber To Conquer The Alps: 82 Peaks In 78 Days
While many alpinists have climbed all of the Alps'...
First Ski Turns of the Season: Down the Grandes Jorasses’ North Face!
Le Linceul, a couloir next to the Walker Spur...
Ötzi: Shedding Light on Archaeology’s Most Famous Frozen Mummy
A new paper by archeologists from the Oppland County...
The Longest Wingsuit Flight in History
Fred Fugen, Vincent Cotte, and Nic Scalabrino have performed...
Climbing Talent Jonas Hainz Dies Soloing on Monte Magro
Promising climber and rescue specialist Jonas Hainz (25) died...