Chamonix - Zermatt, from France to Switzerland across one of the most fascinating Haute Route ski mountaineering traverses in the Alps, by Italian Mountain Guide Nicolò Berzi. Multi-day traverses have ...

France's Lionel Claudepierre has set a new record on the Chamonix - Zermatt Haute Route ski mountaineering traverse in a record 18 hours and 35 minutes. Mountain Guide Paolo Tombini shares his views ...

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No matter how you try to slice it this year, skiing is not going to be many people's idea of a bargain holiday – which is why it pays to look where you can get most bang for your buck. So, purely for ...

Chamonix, home of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, is the capital of alpinism. The scenery is majestic – tumbling glaciers with seracs (blocks of ice) the size of skyscrapers, and jagged ...

The statue of Horace Bénédict de Saussure and Jacques Balmat, Chamonix Mont Blanc. Saussure and his guide (pointing the finger) were the first to climb the Mont ...