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Mer de Glace cable car opens for Vallée Blanche (Mont Blanc)
04/02/2024 - Alpinism
mer de glace cable car opens for Vallée Blanche (Mont Blanc)
The new mer de glace cable car above Chamonix in the Mont Blanc massif that connecs the Montenvers station with the mer de glace glacier was opened for the first time on Saturday 3 February 2024.
Simon Gietl, Roger Schäli climb Grandes Jorasses and complete North6 project
28/09/2021 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl, Roger Schäli climb Grandes Jorasses and complete North6 project
With the ascent of The Shroud route on the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif, Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli have completed North6, their project to climb the six most famous north faces of the Alps, traveling from one...
Video: retreating Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc’s largest glacier
06/08/2020 - Environment
Video: retreating mer de glace, Mont Blanc’s largest glacier
The video by Bertrand Delpierre illustrating the retreat of the mer de glace glacier in the Mont Blanc massif.
Grandes Jorasses North Face: Federica Mingolla, Leo Gheza repeat Manitua
05/08/2020 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses North Face: Federica Mingolla, Leo Gheza repeat Manitua
Italian alpinist Federica Mingolla reports about her repeat with Leonardo Gheza of Manitua, the difficult route first ascended solo by Slavko Svetičič in 1991 on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif.
Vallée Blanche fortuitous crevasse rescue
Vallée Blanche fortuitous crevasse rescue
The video of the mountain rescue carried out by Jeff Mercier and the French mountain rescue service of two very lucky skiers who fell into a crevasse while skiing off-piste down the Vallée Blanche in the Mont Blanc massif.
L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Slovaks claim first free ascent
06/09/2017 - Alpinism
L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Slovaks claim first free ascent
The report by 16-year-old Slovak climber Pavel Kratochvíl who on 27/08/2017 with Róbert Luby (21) and Martin Krasňanský (34) made the first free ascent of L'or du temps, the new route put up on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc, by Nina...
Ice Scream street art by Philippe Echaroux on the Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc
10/07/2017 - Environment
Ice Scream street art by Philippe Echaroux on the mer de glace, Mont Blanc
The video directed by Arnaud Moro dedicated to French photographer and street artist Philippe Echaroux and his latest work on the mer de glace, Mont Blanc, aimed at raising awareness about global warming.
Mont Blanc on Google Street View
23/01/2016 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc on Google Street View
Google has published a Street View exploration of the Mont Blanc, produced together with Kilian Jornet Burgada, Catherine Destivelle, Patrick Gabarrou, Corrado Korra Pesce, Laetitia Roux, Ueli Steck, Candide Thovex and photographers Jonathan Griffith, Renan Ozturk, Sender Films.
Tom Ballard solos the Allain - Leininger route up the Petit Dru North Face
16/03/2015 - Alpinism
Tom Ballard solos the Allain - Leininger route up the Petit Dru North Face
British alpinist Tom Ballard has climbed the Allain - Leininger route up the North Face of the Petit Dru (3,733m) in the Mont Blanc massif. This is his fifth climb of his Starlight and Storm project that aims to climb...
Michel Piola interview: climbing on Mont Blanc, the search and the story that continues
22/07/2014 - Interviews
Michel Piola interview: climbing on Mont Blanc, the search and the story that continues
The fabulous world of Babette, or rather Mont Blanc's marvelous granite climbing, starting from Envers des Aiguilles. Interview with Michel Piola, one of the most prolific alpinists in the world who, in more than 30 years of activity, has left...