Melting glaciers increase earthquake activity under the Mont Blanc massif, according to a study by Swiss researchers. It is ...

French alpinists Yanis Cherqaoui, Baptiste Obino and Hugo Peruzzo made the first ascent of 'Le château dans le ciel' (ED, 7b+ ...

La Tête du Dragon, Vierge du Flambeau, Mont Blanc, Graian Alps, An interesting route on the north ridge of Vierge du Flambeau (3244m) in the Mont Blanc massif which is good enough to rival any classic ...

Global warming is causing various natural disasters to become more frequent or more severe. Earthquakes are now being added ...

When West Australian artist ­Jacobus Capone set out to document a performance on France’s ­Bossons Glacier, he immersed ...

A new study links climate change-induced glacier melt in the Alps to a surge in minor earthquakes, warning that seismic risk ...

The study, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, focuses on seismic activity beneath Grandes Jorasses, a glacier-covered peak in the Mont Blanc massif.

The magnitude of the challenge is so huge that the peak the two French climbers have chosen for their preparatory climb is K2 ...

He also climbed the Aiguille du Dru in the Mont Blanc massif, following a very obscure and difficult route. The route, called “American Direct”, climbs a 1,000-metre wall that rises almost to 4,000 ...