Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc·4810m) is the Italian name for Mont Blanc, meaning "White Mountain." While it is common to take a ...

A climber who found a trove of precious stones on Mont Blanc has been given half of the 150,000-euro ($168,700) haul to keep after authorities couldn’t find the original owner. The climber found the ...

Lionel Wibault has painted Mont Blanc in Chamonix 69 times. He started painting the tallest mountain in the Alps in 1990, and intends to create 100 paintings in total to capture the full 360-degree ...

The Mont Blanc massif looms large over the Chamonix valley. The summit, Western Europe's tallest, reaches 15,777 feet above sea level, and the mountain's shoulders sprawl into Switzerland, Italy and, ...

"Follow my path exactly," my guide instructed sternly as we set off on the Vallee Blanche glacier descent, warning me of the crevasses hidden among the blankets of snow and boulders of ice that give ...

It’s finders, keepers for one lucky Alps trekker. The mountain climber who discovered precious jewels on Mont Blanc will keep half the treasure, the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc council said Friday. The ...

Thomas Pesquet: Le Mont Blanc (just sticking out of the clouds on some pictures) and Chamonix valley and a white glacier. It is of course the highest peak of Europe, and the only one I climbed myself.

For the novice or even competent adventurer, visiting a dedicated outdoor adventure destination can breed insecurity. There’s only so many carabiners (climbing), fluid suspension forks (mountain ...