As the Alps warm, major rockfalls have become common. In this latest, the equivalent of 15 shipping containers of rock came down in a popular climbing area.

The troubled Aiguille du Midi cable car has once again been closed due to unforeseen maintenance works. The highest cable car in Europe that whisks tourists and mountaineers in juts a couple of ...

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 ...

French mountain guide Jeff Mercier has successfully added an interesting new mixed climb to the NW Face of the Aiguille du Mid in the Mont Blanc massif. Called Red Devils, the new route was climbed in ...

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 ...