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There is a powerful and primal urge in many of us to leave the pavement and seek the horizon on foot. Forget crowded city ...

After taking us up Yosemite’s El Capitan rock wall for an epic climb last year, Google’s Street View team has another uphill adventure for you to enjoy: the majestic Mont Blanc peak. At a staggering 4 ...

Tricia Holbrook will look at hut-to-hut trekking through France, Italy and Switzerland on the Tour du Mont Blanc, and from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn along Switzerland’s Haute Route. When, where: ...

Their first date was a hike. Attorney Frank Hespe was undergoing treatment by physical therapist Amy Altshuler when he noticed, in addition to her expertise, she seemed to have an innate capacity to ...

A magnificent seven fundraisers are heading for the Alps in the first ever foreign escapade on behalf of Zoe’s Place. After nine months of training, the seven staff and supporters from the Normanby ...

THE county’s St Andrew’s Hospice in Airdrie are calling on budding hikers with a sense of adventure to join them trekking the highest peak in the Alps. THE county’s St Andrew’s Hospice in Airdrie are ...

A deadly start to the Mont Blanc climbing season has re-ignited a debate over limiting access to the mountain. Photo: Jean-Pierre Clatot/AFP A deadly start to the climbing season on Europe’s tallest ...

“Top Ten Hikes of the World” lists always feature the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB). And rightly so; it loops 170km (106 miles) around Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe which is 4,810m (15 ...