Tag: Massif
A mountaineer dies in the Ecrins massif
A mountaineer died and another was seriously injured this Friday morning in the Ecrins massif (Hautes-Alpes), reports Provence. The accident occurred around 10 a.m. on the Pelvoux, while the climbers…
Devastated last summer by a fire, the Montagnette massif closed until 2024
Almost a year after the events, the situation remains worrying. In a press release, the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture announced that it had issued an order on Tuesday prohibiting access to the…
Between “missing” and miraculous, 76 bears officially live in the massif
Each year, the long-awaited census of the bears of the Pyrenees comes out at the same time as the interested parties from their hibernation dens. Thanks to the genetic analysis…
A base-jumper kills himself by jumping from a cliff in the Pibeste massif
It was his companion who gave the alert, worrying not to see him return. A 44-year-old man from Vendée was found dead on Wednesday in the Hautes-Pyrénées by mountain rescuers…
Fire in the Alpilles massif, some 130 hectares traveled
First major fire of the year in the Bouches-du-Rhône, a fire covered some 130 hectares of vegetation on Saturday in the Alpilles natural park, on the territory of the municipality…
A Briton dies in an avalanche in the Mont Blanc massif
A 45-year-old Briton died on Saturday after being caught in an avalanche while hiking with two other people in the Mont Blanc massif, the gendarmerie and the emergency services said…
Fatal fall of a mountaineer in the Belledone massif
A new drama has taken place in the Alps. A 31-year-old mountaineer died after falling several hundred meters in the Belledonne massif (Isère), we learned from the emergency services on…
18 departments placed in orange vigilance from the Grand-Est to the Massif Central
Marked by temperatures still above seasonal norms and thunderstorms, this Sunday will be worthy of the end of summer. This Sunday, the weather will be dominated by a rainy and…
Hunting banned for two years in the burned-out Montagnette massif
This is the biggest disaster that has affected the Bouches-du-Rhône department this summer, with no less than 1,600 hectares going up in smoke. A few months after the monster fire…
Adèle Milloz, world ski mountaineering champion, dies in the Mont-Blanc massif
Peter Zelei Images/Getty Images Peter Zelei Images/Getty Images The Mont Blanc. (illustrative photo) MOUNTAIN – A 26-year-old guide and her 30-year-old client were found dead late Friday afternoon in the…