Reporting from Chamonix, France — “Let’s have coffee while we wait,” Olivier Greber said, extending an offer I couldn’t pass up, even though I’d already had breakfast. The chance to test my skiing ...

Situé à mi-chemin de la vallée Blanche, le refuge du Requin accueille de février à mai les skieurs pour une pause souvent très appréciée. Un bâtiment chargé d’histoire qui pourrait connaître une ...

"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 ...

Longtemps dernière étape incontournable de la vallée Blanche, la buvette des Mottets n’est pratiquement plus fréquentée par les skieurs. En cause, le réchauffement climatique qui a prolongé et ...

CHAMONIX, France — "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 ...

From Jerzy Snowman . . . Our French Alps ski tour with FranceGuide.com took us to the Vallee Blanche, the most famous run in Chamonix, France on Friday. Heck, the Valley Blanche is among the world's ...

Vallée Blanche is like Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct: really beautiful, but it’s best not to get too distracted. Although it might seem a no more than a "scenic walk", never underestimate the Vallée ...

Two great freeride itineraries on Mont Blanc introduced by Domenico Giusti and Giorgio Passino: Vallée Blanche from Courmayeur and Glacier Rond. Vallée Blanche is like Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct: ...

l'essentiel Reporté à deux reprises, le Toulousain Tony Moggio est parvenu à réaliser son défi de descendre en tandem ski la Vallée Blanche, ce mercredi 31 janvier, près de Chamonix, du jamais vu pour ...

“Last-chance tourists” are visiting the melting Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France, in droves. A just-opened lift should make that easier. But some worry tourism is only making the problem worse. Credit ...