I began hiking and trail running the Tour du Mont-Blanc 15 years ago in sections--a day here, two days there. It wasn't until seven years ago that I did the full loop in one continuous push. It was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tour du Mont Blanc hiking guide. As an avid hiker, you’ve probably heard of the Tour du Mont Blanc or TMB hiking trail. You might ...

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe (apart from Elbrus). Its top reaches 4810 meters. Mountaineers from all over the world come here because the Alpine mountains in Europe are very popular ...

On paper, it sounds remote, rugged, and demanding. On the ground, the experience is different. The Tour du Mont Blanc is not wild in the way many hikers imagine. It is structured, supported, and ...

This is part of an ongoing series. In the original feature I explain why you sit down and map out a multi-year travel plan to make sure you get to see and do all the things that are most important to ...

Before it was too late, writer Mike MacEacheran made a family pilgrimage to the Alps to connect with his father’s wanderlust and retrace the steps taken 50 years before he was born. It was on a grey ...

The report by Courmayeur mountain guide Gianluca Marra who, with his colleague Niccolò Bruni, has established Goulotte Desperados, a new mixed climb on that climbs the Col Occidental de la Tour Ronde ...