Tag: Massif
a 20-year-old kills himself while ski touring in the Beaufortain massif
A new dramatic accident took place in the mountains on Tuesday afternoon. A 20-year-old cross-country skier died after a fatal fall in the Beaufortain massif, in Savoie, as indicated by…
fatal fall of a climber in the Chartreuse massif
He was looking for the start of a large climbing route on the east face of the summit of Chamechaude, near Grenoble, when he fell about thirty meters. A man…
A fire traverses “more than 4,000 hectares” in the Massif des Maures
The Var is in turn ravaged by flames. “More than 4,000 hectares” of forest and scrubland were “traversed” Monday in the Massif des Maures, north-east of Toulon, by a violent…
a man found dead in the Mont-Blanc massif
This is the second fatal accident in a week. A man was found dead Sunday after having unscrewed, while he was climbing alone in the ascent of Mont-Blanc, indicate the…
major fire in the Clape massif, in Aude
A major fire broke out this Saturday, at the end of the morning, in the Clape massif, in the Aude. According to France 3, a hundred hectares had already gone…
a climber has a fatal fall in the Ecrins massif
According to information from Provence, a 52-year-old mountaineer had a fatal fall of nearly 30 meters in the Ecrins massif this Sunday morning. The facts occurred while the 50-year-old rappelled…
From the Massif Central to the North-East, 23 departments in orange vigilance
A thunderstorm (illustration). – CATERS / SIPA Despite the evacuation of a first heavily cloudy episode towards Belgium, 23 departments are this Sunday morning in France in orange vigilance. Further…