The Bellevue cable car first opened in 1936, built by Charles Viard who brought the first cablecar to France. It climbs over ...

The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

Laffaille and Manners (who lives in Chamonix) started from the Grand Montets ... Lafaille the elder perished in 2006 while soloing Makalu in winter when his son was only five years old.

This tiny country has more or less dominated the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in Chamonix, France in 1924. How do they do It? "It's a good question," said Birk Ruud, a member of ...

Here’s some background information about the Winter Olympics, which are held every four years. The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held February 6-22, 2026, in Milan-Cortina, Italy. The 2022 ...

The Grand Hotel des Alpes dates to 1840 and hosted many of the athletes at the first-ever Winter Olympics in 1924. But arguably the pick of the bunch is the five-star Hotel Mont Blanc Chamonix ...

On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators were thrilled by the ski jump and bobsled as well as ...

Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, British Olympians and Paralympians have picked up over 60 medals on snow and ice. BBC Bitesize takes a look at some of the most ...