Chamonix - Zermatt, from France to Switzerland across one of the most fascinating Haute Route ski mountaineering traverses in the Alps ... And of course you need maps, a compass even if GPS seems to ...

The horrific discovery took place near a resort in the French Alps, where a 'very large' avalanche had caught the British ...

Five, better still six days of regal ski mountaineering trace a line which crosses different 1:25000 maps from Chamonix all the way to Zermatt. The name itself, Haute Route, is enough and all ski ...

open image in gallery Les Houches is one of the main ski areas in Chamonix (Gaëtan Haugeard) Aside from its setting, Chamonix’s other huge draw is that it’s incredibly well-connected.

For ski lovers, winter only means one thing ... While resorts such as Chamonix and Val Thorens draw in the punters with their hard-core party atmosphere, celeb hotspot Verbier is a must for ...

The avalanche occurred in an off-piste section of the valley on Tuesday afternoon at Les Grand Montets resort in Argentiere - a ski area in Chamonix. Police confirmed that the man's body was ...

A BRITISH man has been killed in a massive avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps. The 55-year-old died after being swept away by an avalanche in an off-piste sector in the Chamonix valley ...

Few ski resorts are as evocative as Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Set in the sawtooth-sided valley beneath the north face of Europe’s highest peak, the town has a strong claim to be the birthplace not ...