At the Rive Gauche of the Argentière Glacier (Mont Blanc), Massimo Faletti and Enrico Lovato have established 'Volevo essere un duro'. Lovato's report details this challenging and stunning mixed climb ...

Last summer the Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Gianluca Marra established 'Diretta al Borelli' on the south face of Mont Noir de Peuterey in Val Veny, in the Mont Blanc massif. Whenever we ...

Speed climber Filip Babicz took advantage of the first ice of the season in the Alps, opening what he described as a "modern mixed" M7 route on the NE face of the Petit Flambeau, a classic spire in ...

Erik Heldmann and climbing partner David Deichmann attempt Europe's longest ridgeline, the Peuterey Integral, on the Mont ...

French rescue officials found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers near the peak of Mont Blanc after they went missing over the weekend during bad weather. The Chamonix-Mont Blanc ...

Iconic and historic Mont Blanc dominates the Alps near Chamonix. Mont Blanc, whose name translates to "White Mountain," straddles the French Italian border. The mountain, renowned for its signature ...

One of the most important figures in the history of British mountaineering, Geoffrey Winthrop Young shaped the sport technically, ethically, and culturally.

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