"It's a tough decision but a very good one, because Mont Blanc is a climb unlike any other. You have to be prepared," Mayor Jean-Marc Peillex of Saint Gervais, the Alpine town where the most popular ...

At 3,800 metres in the French Alps, eight experienced workers are replacing a 70-year-old footbridge at the summit of ...

CHAMONIX, France – Eight climbers were missing and presumed dead Sunday after an avalanche swamped a commonly used hiking trail near Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest peak. The avalanche, triggered ...

France's tallest mountain, Mont Blan,c has shrunk by more than two metres over the past two years, researchers say. While its height naturally fluctuates according to the winds and snowfall at its ...

The history of French cuisine is filled with pastries both sweet and savory. Though croissants are actually Austrian, there are plenty of pastries that are uniquely French: macarons, profiteroles, ...

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 ...

The tallest mountain in France has shrunk by more than 7 feet in the last two years. On Thursday, researchers said that Mont Blanc stands 4,805.59 metres tall, which is 2.2 metres shorter than its ...

PARIS (AP) — A series of cable cars carrying tourists stopped working at high altitude over the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps on Thursday, prompting a major rescue operation and leaving 45 people ...

Towering majestically in the Alps, the mountain of Mont Blanc is naturally completely indifferent to political disputes over borders - but that doesn't stop the three countries arguing over it. At ...

MILAN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Key maintenance works on the Mont Blanc tunnel between Italy and France have been postponed until September next year, Italy's transport ministry said, after the partial ...

Fresh row erupts between France and Italy on Mont Blanc – or Monte Bianco – after mayor of Chamonix blocks access to precarious glacier that Italians claim is in their territory "Drus" peaks on "La ...

President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will move to limit access to Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s tallest mountain and a famous tourist attraction, as part of a broad effort to protect the ...