14 Stories on French Alps
Deadly avalanches claimed the lives of 20 people across Europe at the weekend, emergency officials said.
Rob Gauntlett's life was cut short at the age of 21 during a mountain expedition in France last weekend, but the young Briton is being remembered as a legend by his colleagues and friends.
Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to summit Mount Everest, died in a climbing accident along with another mountaineer in the French Alps, the British Foreign Office confirmed Sunday. Both were 21.
An avalanche swept down a major summit in the Mont Blanc range before dawn Sunday, leaving eight climbers missing
A regional train in southeastern France crashed into a school bus killing six children in the Haute-Savoie department Monday morning, said regional authorities in Annecy.
CNN caught up with Richard Palmer in the French Alps to talk arts, engineering and innovation...
Olympic silver medallist Joel Chenal of France is doubtful for Wednesday's men's giant slalom at the world skiing championships, because of an elbow injury.
A ski trip to the French Alps: The mere thought conjures up dreamy images of pristine snowy slopes, charming wooden chalets and celebrities in chunky knitwear feeding each other lumps of hot cheese.
France alpine skiing team coach Severino Bottero has died in a car crash.
Kilian Albrecht will ski for Austria again after his bid to represent the United Arab Emirates failed.
Deadly avalanches claimed the lives of 20 people across Europe at the weekend, emergency officials said.
Rob Gauntlett's life was cut short at the age of 21 during a mountain expedition in France last weekend, but the young Briton is being remembered as a legend by his colleagues and friends.
Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to summit Mount Everest, died in a climbing accident along with another mountaineer in the French Alps, the British Foreign Office confirmed Sunday. Both were 21.
An avalanche swept down a major summit in the Mont Blanc range before dawn Sunday, leaving eight climbers missing
A regional train in southeastern France crashed into a school bus killing six children in the Haute-Savoie department Monday morning, said regional authorities in Annecy.
CNN caught up with Richard Palmer in the French Alps to talk arts, engineering and innovation...
Olympic silver medallist Joel Chenal of France is doubtful for Wednesday's men's giant slalom at the world skiing championships, because of an elbow injury.
A ski trip to the French Alps: The mere thought conjures up dreamy images of pristine snowy slopes, charming wooden chalets and celebrities in chunky knitwear feeding each other lumps of hot cheese.
France alpine skiing team coach Severino Bottero has died in a car crash.
Kilian Albrecht will ski for Austria again after his bid to represent the United Arab Emirates failed.
Seven teenagers are dead, and two adults are missing, after a fire at an equestrian center in the French Alps, according to a fire service spokesman.
Thousands of police and rail workers have combed the French railway network in a fruitless search for bombs as anger mounted over the delay in publicizing an extortion plot.
World Cup leader Anja Paerson claimed her fourth slalom win of the season in Monday's race at Megeve in the French Alps.
They've been challenged in wine making by Californians, overtaken in lingerie by the Chinese, edged out by Iraq in military failure. Now the French risk losing a monopoly even closer to home: build...
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