Tag: Massif
fatal fall of a guide and her client in the Mont-Blanc massif
A 26-year-old guide and her 30-year-old client were found dead late Friday afternoon in the Mont-Blanc massif (Alps) in Chamonix, the Chamonix gendarmerie told AFP on Saturday. “They were discovered…
Mountain | Fatal fall for two young French women in the Mont-Blanc massif
Saturday 08/13/2022 at 1:42 p.m. – Updated at 1:43 p.m. Mountain By La Provence (with AFP) A 26-year-old guide and her 30-year-old client were found dead late Friday afternoon in…
Two young French mountaineers make a fatal fall in the Ecrins massif
The refuge of Olan had given the alert on Tuesday evening, worrying not to see the return of the two mountaineers who had left him early the same day. Missing…
fatal fall of a couple of Czech mountaineers in the Ecrins massif
A Czech couple of mountaineers missing for three days was found dead Thursday at the bottom of a crevasse of the Glacier Blanc in the Écrins Massif (Hautes-Alpes), announced the…
LIVE – Hundreds of firefighters mobilized for a violent fire in the Montagnette massif
The situation : a fire broke out before 5 p.m. this Thursday between Tarascon and Graveson. The forest fire broke out in several places along the railway line, probably when…
New feat for Charles Dubouloz, author of ten ascents in thirteen days in the Ecrins massif
Thirteen consecutive days with around fifteen hours of ascent on average in the Ecrins massif (Hautes-Alpes). This is the unthinkable pace held by Charles Dubouloz, from June 30 to July…
New heat records in the Massif Central and the Alps
New heat records for the month of May were recorded on Sunday, particularly in the Massif Central and the Alps, according to provisional figures from Météo-France. Several broken records had…
two young women die in an avalanche in the Mont-Blanc massif
Dramatic survival course in the Mont-Blanc massif (Haute-Savoie). Two young women in their thirties and from Isère died in an avalanche late Saturday afternoon, we learned Sunday from the Bonneville…
Last year, 70 bears were counted in the massif, including 15 cubs
We are far from the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains where there is an estimated population of 250. But over the years, bear numbers in the Pyrenees tend to grow. Last year,…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 shook the massif last night
A priori, even if the shock was strong, there is no damage. An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale according to France Earthquake, shook the Pyrenees, at 3:03 a.m.,…