Chamonix has been at the sharp end of Alpine adventure since 1760, when a Genevois scientist offered a prize for the first ...

ROME–The road that winds towards France from Courmayeur in Italy’s spectacular Aosta Valley is an Alpine paradise. In the spring and summer, the Mont Blanc foothills are covered with a carpet of ...

Eating out in Chamonix is epic, epicurean and astonishingly international for a French region as traditional as rural Savoie.

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 ...

Yes, the main event this week in Chamonix, France, is the 174-kilometer (106-mile) whole enchilada (or should we say baguette) around the Mont Blanc Massif, otherwise known as UTMB Mont-Blanc or ...

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 ...

GRENOBLE, France (AFP) - A climber who had his shoes stolen at a refuge on Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain, had to be rescued by helicopter on Monday, police told AFP. Mountain rescue ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Amateur climbers have been urged to steer clear of France's Mont Blanc as extreme heat is causing more frequent rockfalls. Non-professional climbers are being urged to steer clear of France's Mont ...

Mr Macron walked through the glacier on Thursday with scientists and ministers French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to create a new reserve around Mont Blanc as part of a raft of environmental ...