Ruth Croft has now won all UTMB World Series Finals races – Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (2025), Courmayeur-Champex-Lac-Chamonix (2015), and Orsières-Champex-Chamonix (2019, 2018). Photo / UTMB She’s ...

Ruth Croft has become the first Kiwi to win the prestigious Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) after conquering the brutal 174km course in just under 23 hours. The Greymouth ultra-distance runner went ...

It started in 2003 as a single, jaw-dropping race: 106 miles around Mont Blanc, the tallest peak in the Alps. The course covers three countries—France, Italy, and Switzerland—climbs the equivalent of ...

An Italian mountaineer has been killed by a falling block of ice near Mont Blanc in the French Alps, while his climbing partner was rescued, officials said on Monday. The 38-year-old man climbing Mont ...

Two French mountain climbers have died in an accident in the Mont Blanc range, authorities confirmed on Saturday. The victims are a 25-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man who had been missing since ...

Italian cyclist Samuele Privitera, 19, tragically died after a fall during the Tour of the Aoste Valley-Mont Blanc. The accident occurred on Wednesday's first stage, with the cause still under ...

Just a few short days ago, French alpinist Benjamin Vedrines completed a round-trip ski trip on Mont Blanc and set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT). His astonishing record, clocked at 4 hours, 54 ...

Vedrines chronicled his record-setting ski in an Instagram post. During his feat, he struggled with pacing and altitude, and almost turned around below the Brenva couloir. Wind gusts of 50mph left ...

Near the top of the almost 16,000 foot tall Mont Blanc, the winds hit, howling around 40 miles per hour. But French mountain athlete Élise Poncet didn’t want to turn back and be forced to face Mont ...

The total cost for the seven new trains is $91.9m, with delivery expected by autumn 2025. Credit: Stadler, Inc. Stadler has completed the delivery of the first of seven metre-gauge trains to ...

A Danish hiker fell to his death Wednesday in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps after slipping from a trail, rescue services said, just one day after four climbers were found dead on the iconic ...

Four climbers from Italy and South Korea were found dead on the Alps' highest peak of Mont Blanc on Tuesday after they had been missing for three days in bad weather, the local French prefecture said.