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.

Rising from the center of downtown Chamonix, France, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi cable car climbs more than 9,000 vertical feet to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi. It ascends past the ...

L’Aiguille du midi est particulièrement dangereuse ces derniers jours. Un skieur est décédé jeudi matin en descendant la face nord de l’Aiguille du Midi, dans le massif du Mont-Blanc ...

Stian Hagen, who was born in Norway but has lived in Chamonix since he was 18, made a name for himself as a professional skier back in the 1990s. At that time, he was one of only a handful of people ...

An archive photo of Éperon des Jumeaux and the line of descent taken by Julien Herry and Raph Bonnet on 03/06/2014. Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, ...

The first ascent of 'Electric Avenue' on the Grand Gendarme des Cosmiques, Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc (Emiliyan Kolevski, Victor Varoshkin) Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, ...

Aiguille du Midi, Puy de Sancy… Top 5 des panoramas à voir absolument en montagne cet été Article de Romain Boisaubert • 1s ...

Mont-Blanc : un jeune speed-rider se tue sur l’Aiguille du Midi Le jeune homme, qui pratiquait ce sport associant une petite voile de parapente et des skis, a dévissé et n’a malheureusement ...

To learn more about tackling the Mallory Route—and the allure of the Aiguille du Midi—we caught up with Collinson for a quick chat via email. Thanks, Joe!