Tag: MontBlanc
The Mont-Blanc tunnel will reopen on Friday after nine weeks of work
The Mont-Blanc tunnel, a major road link between France and Italy, is due to reopen on Friday after nine weeks of maintenance work, its manager announced on Tuesday. “The reopening…
The A43 will reopen, work on the Mont-Blanc tunnel will be able to begin
Almost two weeks after a spectacular landslide in the Maurienne valley, the A43 motorway will be able to reopen “probably” this weekend and “even tomorrow (Saturday), Transport Minister Clément Beaune…
Will Jim Walmsley overcome the American curse around Mont-Blanc?
What if this 20th edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) finally turned in favor of an American runner? Tim Tollefson, Zach Miller, Dylan Bowman and so many others have…
France and Italy postpone the closure of the Mont-Blanc tunnel after a landslide in Savoie
A closed tunnel but not two. France and Italy decided on Thursday to postpone the long closure planned from Monday for maintenance of the Mont-Blanc tunnel. The objective is to…
Un alpiniste meurt dans la descente d’une des voies d’accès au Mont-Blanc
Ce vendredi matin, vers 8h40, un alpiniste de 53 ans, originaire de République tchèque, a fait une chute mortelle au niveau du col du Mont Maudit, en Haute-Savoie, rapporte France…
Can the ascent of Mont-Blanc remain “a space of freedom”, even for amateurs without a guide?
Is the roof of Europe really within everyone’s reach? This is music against which the Haute-Savoie high mountain guides have been fighting for many years. The news has turned out…
Mont-Blanc, a militant act… The Christophe Profit affair or the stakes of discord
Thursday, April 20, Christophe Profit was tried before the criminal court of Bonneville in Haute-Savoie, for the theft of two stakes on one of the passages allowing the ascent of…
Marseille in mourning, Taiwan surrounded and Mont-Blanc upset
This weekend, the weather was (far too) beautiful and you probably didn’t have the heart to let yourself be swept away by a wind of non-stop news, not always happy.…
The Mont-Blanc tunnel closed for three consecutive months in 2023 then in 2024
The Mont-Blanc tunnel, a major road between France and Italy, will be closed for more than three consecutive months, from September 4 to December 18, 2023, then as much again…
A bivouac at the top of Mont-Blanc provokes the anger of the mayor of Saint-Gervais
The mayor of Saint-Gervais decided to file a complaint against the two mountaineers after discovering a video on YouTube where they show their night spent at the top. A night…