The summer season ends soon, but there are still some good days ahead to climb Mont Blanc. If conditions are right, it is a relatively straightforward climb. At the same time, its 4,809m are not to be ...

On 10/04/2025 on the NE Face of Mont Greuvettaz (3684m) in the Triolet basin of the Mont Blanc massif Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of the mixed climb ...

Arthur Poindefert reports about the first ascent of 'Géant dans l’âme' on the north face of Dent du Géant in Mont Blanc massif, established on 11/04/2025 together with Mathis Garayt and Kilian Moni.

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 ...

The great French mountaineer completes the first of his last three winter ascents on Mont Blanc: ‘I hope the deaths of so many great climbers will teach me when to stop, so I don’t push my luck’ ...

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands Mulets refuge and the Grand Plateau refuge. This is ...

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