My small-group tour across the Alps with Collette gets off to a sensational start in France. No easing into things. Instead, straight onto the world’s highest vertical ascent by cable car. The ...

There’s a reason some of the gutsiest steep skiers in the world call Chamonix, France, home. In the center of town stands the bottom terminal of the Aiguille du Midi cable car. The engineering marvel ...

Two mountaineers -- one French and the other Dutch -- died in a rockslide while climbing the Aiguille du Tour on the Swiss side of the Mont-Blanc range, police said Tuesday.

“Your brain is so switched on, you've done it in your mind so many times.” That's the mental state wingsuit pilot Jokke Sommer entered before steering himself under a high-altitude footbridge earlier ...

The Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc Massif during the sunset, in Chamonix, France (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) Two mountaineers -- one French and the other Dutch -- died in a rockslide while ...