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Weekend Warm-Up: First Ascent on Les Drus, Live

What does it take to establish a first ascent...
September 17, 2022
alex huber

Still ‘Uber’: Alex and Thomas Huber Keep Crushing In Their 50s

The first time I heard the Huber brothers’ names,...
September 13, 2022
rockfall on the Cosmic Ridge

VIDEO: Mont Blanc’s Cosmic Ridge Collapses, Just Missing Climbers Below

When the Arête des Cosmiques near Mont Blanc collapsed...
September 2, 2022
A roped-up climber traverses an exposed area of loose rock.

Climbers Rescued from a Closed Matterhorn – and Fined Heavily on the Spot

Closing the Italian side of the Matterhorn -- where...
August 31, 2022
A cute little wodden cabin, surrounded by a metalic rail, perched by a col on a massive rocky face.

The Crumbling Alps: Now The Bivouac de la Fourche Has Fallen

The latest casualty of soaring temperatures and drought in...
August 26, 2022
The Goûter refuge from above, in snow.

Mont Blanc Refuges to Reopen on Saturday

The Tête Rousse and Goûter refuges, essential stopovers on...
August 17, 2022
Ferran Latorre guiding in Monte Rosa area, among old, back ice and large crevasses.

The Alps’ Disastrous Summer

Is this the beginning of the end of European...
August 12, 2022
The Goûter Hut en route to Mont Blanc

‘Pseudo-Alpinists’ Prompt Closure of Mont Blanc Refuges

"I give up," exclaimed the exasperated mayor of Saint...
August 5, 2022

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