Browsing entries tagged with Mont Blanc
28 Jun 2015
A new cable car has opened in Courmayeur, offering serious off-piste skiing opportunities including access to the world-famous Vallée Blanche. The SkyWay Monte Bianco has taken four years to build, at…
30 Sep 2013
If you go out climbing in the Alps, the last thing you expect to find is a stash of jewels worth £200,000. But this is exactly what one 20-year-old Frenchman found while climbing Mont Blanc earlier this…
14 Aug 2013
Two climbers in Austria are facing prosecution for pretending they were exhausted in order to get helicoptered off the mountain. The Dutch men, aged 27 and 30, could be fined €2,300 (£2,003) and face…
24 Nov 2011
According to sources in the Aosta Valley, a project expecting to span four years is now underway on Mont Blanc; not from the Chamonix side, but from Courmayeur. The cranes are in place and work has started…
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