Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906 ... This is the very first successfully filmed ascent. Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), rich heir of Lodève in Occitania.

His routes are considered priceless, thanks to their intrinsic beauty and the style of their first ascent, above all in the Mont Blanc massif where even today the climbs are considered an important ...

It's climbing season in Western Europe, and climbers are flocking to classic mountains including Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.

Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with the Alpine community ...

For safety's sake, I would make my ascent under the expert ... an emergency hut just shy of Mont Blanc's summit. One never woke up. So on our first day we primed our lungs with a ride up the ...

Partway through her June ascent of Mont Blanc, Anna DeMonte slipped. She was attempting to set a fastest known time ... For DeMonte, the latter was helpful when she lost her footing and plunged ...

From 26/12/2024 to 01/01/2025, French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino made the first ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West Face of the Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc massif.

Taking those first faltering steps into glaciated, big mountain terrain can be daunting: here are five things Mountain Leader Alex Foxfield wishes he’d known before his first alpine peak ...