As the Alps warm, major rockfalls have become common. In this latest, the equivalent of 15 shipping containers of rock came ...

In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering marvel is often billed as a sightseeing tool—it deposits tourists and their ilk atop the 12,600-foot ...

Rising from the center of downtown Chamonix, France, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi cable car climbs more than 9,000 vertical feet to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi. It ascends past the ...

There's a reason some of the gutsiest steep skiers in the world call Chamonix, France, home. In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering ...

Le Fou de l’Aiguille, Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, Graian Alps, A beautiful and varied route. The second pitch, a perfect 45m crack, belongs to the Mazeaud. A short traverse left (bolt) is followed ...

Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg were rescued from the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix Saturday after the weather deteriorated. On his website, Jornet posted a detailed explanation of what went ...