Tom Chesshyre joins the ski patrol in the Grands Montets area for a day and takes part in a mock avalanche rescue with Utah ...

A 55-year-old British man died after an avalanche descended on the Chamonix valley at the foot of the French side of the Mont Blanc. The avalanche occurred in an off-piste section of the valley ...

The 55-year-old died after being swept away by an avalanche in an off-piste sector in the Chamonix valley, at the foot of Mont Blanc. The tragedy unfolded on Tuesday afternoon at Grand Montets ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds SSE. The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 44 °F (6.7 °C) and a 77% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

View of the three-dimensional map on the Ségognole 3 cave floor. Credit: Dr. Médard Thiry A groundbreaking discovery in France has revealed what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map ...

If you’re on a budget, there’s an excellent Auberge de Jeunesse run by Hostels International France on the outskirts of Chamonix proper. If you’re renting skis, you can’t go far wrong with ...

To read more about mapmakers through time, go to "Mapping the Past." 3-D map on cave floor, Ségognole 3, France ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A 13,000-year-old three-dimensional map has been discovered in a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin, potentially the oldest of its kind. This ...

Night - Cloudy with a 60% chance of precipitation. Winds ESE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 42 °F (5.6 °C) and a 48% chance of ...

Standing as the urban center and cultural capital of northern France, Lille may be France’s most underrated metropolis. If we were to personify cities in France, Lille would be Paris’ much cooler, ...