The summer season ends soon, but there are still some good days ahead to climb Mont Blanc. If conditions are right, it is a relatively straightforward climb. At the same time, its 4,809m are not ...

Located on one of the most popular routes used by climbers hoping to scale Mont Blanc, the Refuge du Goûter took five years to plan and three more to build. Dubbed a ‘high-altitude hotel ...

It's climbing season in Western Europe, and climbers are flocking to classic mountains including Mont Blanc and the ...

A new €6 million eco-friendly mountain refuge set on the slopes of Mont Blanc is to remain off limits until 2013. Technical glitches and squabbling that has drawn in France’s sports minister ...

06/29/2013 June 29, 2013. Travel with us 4,000 meters up Mont Blanc in France to check out one of the most amazing architectural marvels of this world - a mountain hut that looks like no other ...

What kind of an eagle would nest at such an altitude? Perched near the summit of Mont Blanc it was designed by Groupe H, who have something of a reputation for futuristic buildings in the French ...

A picture taken on October 3, 2012, shows the "Refuge du Gouter" (3.835 meters high) on the way to the summit of Mont-Blanc. (Photo by JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP) Authorities in the French Alps said ...

The matter came to an explosive head last week when it emerged that French officials had refused to airlift a Polish climber off Mont Blanc after he rang mountain rescue from the Refuge du Goûter ...

Shortly after leaving the Refuge Tete Rousse, you have to cross the Grand Couloir du Gouter. While technically straightforward, this short section (which takes just a minute or two to cross) is ...