The French Alps are a skier's paradise, but the area offers more beyond the slopes. This quaint town is full of attractions ...

Before us was Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe. We'd left Chamonix nine days earlier to complete the Tour ...

PARIS (AP) — An avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured, while a hiker was killed on another slope in the French Alps, according to local authorities. The ...

Today, we tell just a few of the great stories from the climbing history of 3,773m Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, on the Italian ...

MONT BLANC, France (APTN/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A hiker became the 5th body on a famous peak in a single day after he fell to his death. According to CBS News,a 61-year-old Danish hiker fell to his ...

Dec. 29 (UPI) --A British mother and son died in an avalanche while skiing on Mont Blanc in the French Alps. The 54-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son were skiing off-piste, or away from ski runs, ...

The French Alps stretch from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean but are at their highest and most splendid in Savoy.

French rescue officials found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers near the peak of Mont Blanc after they went missing over the weekend during bad weather. The Chamonix-Mont Blanc ...

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured. A hiker was killed on another slope in the French Alps. The local ...

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2003 file photo shows Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest mountain. An avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured, while a hiker was killed ...

PARIS (AP) — An avalanche in an off-piste area of a French ski resort swept two British skiers to their deaths, the British Foreign Office said in a statement Friday. The pair are reportedly a 54-year ...