Four climbers from Italy and South Korea were found dead on the Alps' highest peak of Mont Blanc on Tuesday after they had been missing for three days in bad weather, the local French prefecture said.
Two mountaineers -- one French and the other Dutch -- died in a rockslide while climbing the Aiguille du Tour on the Swiss side of the Mont-Blanc range, police said on Tuesday.
The mayor of a French Alps town is up in arms (again) about inappropriate items on Mont Blanc - this time an abandoned rowing machine and a climbing dog.
After being slammed by French authorities for having landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc on Tuesday, two Swiss mountaineers face no worse than a small fine.
Two Swiss mountaineers landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc on Tuesday before heading for the top of Europe's tallest peak with police in pursuit, the French gendarme said.
France will impose a daily cap of 214 climbers on Mont Blanc next year, one of several measures taken to limit overcrowding on Europe's highest peak, a local official said Tuesday.
Among the 400 climbers attempting to reach Europe's highest peak every day are a growing number of "ill-prepared", antisocial hikers and fake guides making life difficult for authorities.
Standing outside their yellow hut on a ridge 3,200 metres above sea level, two French gendarmes peer through binoculars at a group of foreign climbers making their way across a scree-littered stretch on what has become one of the deadliest routes to the top of Mont Blanc.
Three Italian climbers were found dead on Friday (Aug 10) on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, taking the total death toll for Europe's highest peak to 15 this summer.
The spectacular Mer de Glace glacier that winds through the Mont Blanc Massif near Chamonix is vanishing at a record pace. Academic Kieran Baxter explains for The Conversation why climate change means future generations will miss out on the breathtaking experience of seeing the "Sea of Ice" up close.
A French mountaineer who found a chest on the slopes of France's highest mountain Mont Blanc containing emeralds, sapphires and rubies is still waiting to know if the treasure will be his five years on.
A mayor in an area of the French Alps which is a gateway to Mont Blanc has said he plans to fine climbers attempting to scale the mountain without proper outdoor gear such as crampons and ropes.
Rescuers called off their search Sunday for a Japanese climber who went missing on Mont Blanc, a day after a Czech mountaineer died while descending Europe's highest peak.
Worries mounted Thursday for a 35-year-old Japanese climber who sent an SOS message after getting trapped in bad weather on the Mont Blanc mountain in France.
Body parts that could belong to
passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said on Friday.
An Austrian climber fell some 200 metres (650 feet) to his death Saturday while descending Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest mountain, rescuers said.
