It started in 2003 as a single, jaw-dropping race: 106 miles around Mont Blanc, the tallest peak in the Alps. The course covers three countries—France, Italy, and Switzerland—climbs the equivalent of ...

An Italian mountaineer has been killed by a falling block of ice near Mont Blanc in the French Alps, while his climbing partner was rescued, officials said on Monday. The 38-year-old man climbing Mont ...

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Mont Blanc reportedly has to reach an altitude of 5,136 metres to measure air at zero degrees - Peter Zelei Images/Getty The peak of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain, is above freezing in June ...

On 31 May 2025 the Italian ski mountaineer William Boffelli set a new Chamonix - Mont Blanc record, stopping the clock after 4 hours 43 minutes. The previous Fastest Known Time had been set by ...

Apparently, it’s Fastest Known Time (FKT) season in the French Alps. Just days after Élise Poncet set the women’s ski FKT on Mont Blanc, Benjamin Vedrines has set a new men’s ski FKT on the peak.

Near the top of the almost 16,000 foot tall Mont Blanc, the winds hit, howling around 40 miles per hour. But French mountain athlete Élise Poncet didn’t want to turn back and be forced to face Mont ...

The total cost for the seven new trains is $91.9m, with delivery expected by autumn 2025. Credit: Stadler, Inc. Stadler has completed the delivery of the first of seven metre-gauge trains to ...

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 ...

A Danish hiker fell to his death Wednesday in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps after slipping from a trail, rescue services said, just one day after four climbers were found dead on the iconic ...