Despite over 150 years of climbing history, even the most popular peaks in the Alps have potential new lines, as two teams of ...

Discover more about the iconic UTMB race with our breakdown of the different races, distances, routes, and why it's part of ...

Even in a hyper-popular area like the Alps near Chamonix, new, difficult routes are possible, as Leo Billon and Amaury Fouillade demonstrated earlier this month. Their new mixed line on the Pointe ...

Elite mountaineers Leo Billon and Amaury Fouillade recently climbed such a peak and discovered a new route on the Pointe Raphaël Borgis, 12,083 feet (3,683m), in the Mont Blanc area above the ...

The French pair first aid climbed the route in a day to familiarize themselves with it, then returned and freed it over three ...

On the SE Face of Aiguille de la Brenva (3278m) in the Mont Blanc massif the Italian alpinists Carlo Filippi, Isaie Maquignaz and Francesco Ratti have made the first ascent of 'Cenerentolo' (460m, 7b ...

A very demanding route which requires a good level of familiarity with drytooling and placing gear. It has the potential of becoming a classic route in its genre. Climbing routes Arête Cosmiques - ...

If you want to conquer the mountain range, the Tour du Mont Blanc routes are the best way to do it. This official trail spans three countries, is 10,000 meters in altitude, and takes seven to ten ...

This year’s route (subject to conditions) starts in the Val Veny valley and follows the Tour du Mont-Blanc trail up to Col de Chavannes and down Mont Percé, along to Col Checrouit and down to ...

They said that Mont Blanc’s current height is 15,766 feet tall—the shortest it’s been since scientists began regularly measuring its elevation in 2001.