Alps
Hearts of Giants: A First Repeat in the Mont Blanc Massif
On June 17, three young French climbers, Kilian Moni,...
New Female FKT on Mont Blanc: 7h25’28”
On June 17, Hillary Gerardi, a professional American ultra-marathoner...
Christophe Profit Found Guilty of Removing Safety Gear From Mont Blanc
When career alpinist Christophe Profit removed safety equipment from...
Weekend Warm-Up: One Year Renovating Two Stone Cabins in the Italian Alps
If there isn't already a word for the "person...
Christophe Profit Removes Safety Gear from Mont Blanc, Authorities Respond
Should high mountains remain the sole domain of those...
Italian Conservationists Grapple With Fallout From Fatal Bear Attack
A bear-related fatality in Italy is igniting debate around the...
Mont Blanc’s Lethal Season Continues: Two Die On Classic Ski Route
After two recent tragedies on Mont Blanc, the mountain...
Updated: Three Skiers Missing After Avalanche in Italian Alps
More troubling avalanche news today, this time from Italy's...
Vedrines Completes the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route In Less than 15 Hours
Benjamin Vedrines has set another astonishing speed record in...
Climber Disappears in the Alps Two Days Before Heading to Kangchenjunga
Hungarian mountaineer and extreme skier Akos Gyorffy is missing...
Skiing the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route in 24 Hours, Solo
Summer or winter, the Haute Route offers one of...
Welfringer, Livingstone Send Formidable New Route in Alps
Tom Livingstone and Symon Welfringer have completed a first...
80 Pitches, 45 Hours of Climbing: Another Great Winter Enchainment in the Alps
There's a reason that enchainments have become one of...
French Phenom Enchains Three Peaks In Ecrins Massif
When Benjamin Vedrines sees a “logical, elegant line traveling...
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...