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☆ Zermatt: Five skiers found dead, one missing in Swiss Alps
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Martin Goillandeau | Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The bodies of five missing skiers were found in the Swiss Alps on Sunday evening, while rescuers are still searching for a sixth person, local police said on Monday. The family members were from the Valais canton, while the sixth person is from the canton of Fribourg. Police did not reveal the identities of the dead skiers, whose bodies were found in Tête Blanche on Sunday, Reuters reported. Search-and-rescue operations were launched on Saturday after the skiers went missing near the 3,706-meter-high (12,159 feet) Tête Blanche pass, en route to the village of Arolla. This call enabled him to be located in the Tête Blanche pass area, at an altitude of around 3,500 meters” (around 11,480 feet), police said.

Persons: Tête Blanche, Valais Cantonal Police Christian Varone, Valentin Flauraud, Blanche, Mont Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Police, Sunday, Valais Cantonal Police Christian, AP Police, “, Cantonal Police, Rescue Organization, Swiss Air Force Locations: Swiss, Zermatt, Blanche, Valais, Fribourg, Tête, Sion , Switzerland, Arolla, Canton, OCVS, Chamonix, France, Mont Blanc, Switzerland

☆ A Watch Honoring an Explorer Joins His Son’s Antarctic Trip
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Victoria Gomelsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It was very emotional.”The idea to run the marathon was Mr. Lecamp’s. When he invited Mr. Messner to join him in Antarctica, Mr. Lecamp insisted that they run the entire course together. Mr. Messner, an accomplished alpinist who scaled Mont Blanc in 2022 wearing a previous version of the 1858 Geosphere watch, was game. “I generally see life consisting of possibilities, and this was just another possibility to know my body a bit better,” Mr. Messner said. “I’m not always wearing a watch while mountaineering, but when running a marathon, it makes much more sense because time counts,” Mr. Messner said.

Persons: Messner, Arved Fuchs, ”, Lecamp’s, marathoner, Mr, Lecamp, . Messner, “ I’m, “ Locations: Swiss, Lake Baikal, Russia, Antarctica, Blanc

PARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in two years and shrunk to its lowest level since precise measurements started 22 years ago as warmer summers reduced snowpack size, researchers said on Thursday. She added this year's particularly low level was probably due to a lack of rain and a hot summer. When precise GNSS satellite measurements started in September 2001, the Mont Blanc stood at 4,010.40 metres. A view of the Mont Blanc mountain from Le Brevent, in Chamonix, France, June 14, 2022. Farouk Kadded at Leica Geosystems said that this year, for the first time since 2015 - when scientists started measurements in June too - Mont Blanc's snowpack in September had remained virtually unchanged from June.

Persons: topographers, Mont, Cecile Taffin, Mont Blanc, Le Brevent, Denis Balibouse, Farouk Kadded, Topographers, Kadded, Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, Manuel Ausloos, Geert De Clercq, William Maclean, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Leica, Thomson Locations: Blanc , Western, Chamonix, French, Mont Blanc, Le, France, snowpack

☆ Mont Blanc Shrinks Over Two Metres in Height in Two Years -Researchers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS (Reuters) - Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in height over the past two years, French researchers said on Thursday. "The measurements are done on a live peak. In view of climate change, monitoring the changes will allow to better understand the impacts," glaciologist Luc Moreau said. As alarm grows worldwide over melting glaciers, the official height of Mont Blanc has been on a downward slide for over a decade. The reading was 4,810.90 metres (15,783.79 ft) in 2007.

Persons: Luc Moreau, Mont, GLAMOS, Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, William Maclean Organizations: PARIS Locations: Mont Blanc, Chamonix

☆ Mont Blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - researchers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in height over the past two years, French researchers said on Thursday. In view of climate change, monitoring the changes will allow to better understand the impacts," glaciologist Luc Moreau said. As alarm grows worldwide over melting glaciers, the official height of Mont Blanc has been on a downward slide for over a decade. The reading was 4,810.90 metres (15,783.79 ft) in 2007. Reporting by Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Luc Moreau, Mont, GLAMOS, Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, William Maclean Organizations: Thomson Locations: Mont Blanc, Chamonix

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Switzerland's glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate this year after record 2022 losses, shrinking their overall volume by 10% in the last two years, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Thursday. "This year was very problematic for glaciers because there was really little snow in winter, and the summer was very warm," Matthias Huss, who leads Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), told Reuters. This year, low winter snowfall combined with an early start and a late end to the summer melt season dealt the heavy losses, GLAMOS said. "We are really losing the small glaciers," Huss said. Swiss records go back to at least 1960 and as far back as 1914 for some glaciers.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, GLAMOS, Matthias Huss, Huss, " Huss, Emma Farge, Timothy Gardner Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Obergoms, Switzerland, Swiss, Blanc's

☆ French ski resort closes permanently because there’s not enough snow
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Maya Szaniecki | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

And for yet another ski resort in France, that means facing up to the reality that there isn’t enough snow to carry on. Last winter, however, there was only “four weeks of snow, and even then, not much snow,” he added. Snow supply riskThe French Alpine village of Saint-Firmin dismantled its ski lift in 2022 because of dwindling winter snows. Olivier Chassignole/AFP/Getty ImagesLa Sambuy is not the only French ski resort facing a meltdown. Mountain Wilderness, a French environmental group, says it has dismantled 22 ski lifts in France since 2001, and estimates that there are still 106 abandoned ski lifts across 59 sites in the country.

Persons: ” La, Jacques Dalex, ”, Dalex, Grügory, Maxppp, it’s, Firmin, Olivier Chassignole, Sambuy’s Dalex, Christian Bailly, ” Dalex Organizations: CNN, Getty, Saint, National Academy of Sciences Locations: France, Mont Blanc, French, ” La Sambuy’s, La Sambuy’s, Saint, AFP, Europe

☆ Italy, France agree to postpone closure of Mont Blanc tunnel by a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Two Italian trucks use the Mont Blanc tunnel on the first day of the reopening for trucks carrying up to 19 tonnes of freight, April 8, 2002. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Key maintenance works on the Mont Blanc tunnel between Italy and France have been postponed until September next year, Italy's transport ministry said, after the partial closure of an alternative Alpine route caused major traffic disruptions in recent weeks. A decision on the rescheduling of work on the Mont Blanc tunnel, which is 11.6 kilometres (7.2 miles) long, had been expected this week after an initial accord between Italy's and France's transport ministries for a delay. The Mont Blanc and Frejus tunnels are key to Italy's exports to France, and there were concerns that their double closure would come at heavy economic cost. According to Italian business lobby Assolombarda, 1.4 million trucks, carrying more than 12 million tons of goods passed through the two tunnels in 2021.

Persons: Robert Pratta, Mont, Federico Maccioni, Keith Weir Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Blanc, Mont Blanc, Italy, France, Italy's, Frejus

☆ Closure of Mont Blanc tunnel between Italy and France postponed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An aerial view shows the French-side entrance to the Mont Blanc road tunnel which links France and Italy beneath the Alps December 17, 2013. The 11.6 kilometre Mont Blanc tunnel had been due to close from next Monday for 15 weeks for works to be carried out. The closure of the Mont Blanc tunnel would be delayed for a few days at least, Beaune added. A decision on the rescheduling of the Mont Blanc tunnel work is expected next week. The Mont Blanc and Frejus tunnels are key to Italy's exports to France, and there were concerns that their double closure would come at heavy economic cost.

Persons: Mont, Robert Pratta, Matteo Salvini, Federica Urso, Armellini, Jean, Stephane Brosse, Keith Weir Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Mont Blanc, France, Italy, Beaune, Frejus, Italian, Mont, Rome, Paris

This has in turn meant authorities have urged climbers to delay scaling the mountain, which straddles the French-Italian border, because high temperatures have created dangerous conditions. "The heat wave has also an impact on high mountains, it doesn't stop on the plains," said Nicolas Zickler, commanding officer of a high mountain police rescue team. "The routes have changed, the timing of the season has changed, the weather conditions have changed," she said. "The decrease of the glaciers is worrying," said the president of Mont Blanc guide company Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix, Olivier Greber. Reporting by Cecile Mantovani, Denis Balibouse, Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mat Cooper, Daniel Trevena, Les Cosmiques, Denis Balibouse, Nicolas Zickler, Cooper, Mont, Olivier Greber, It's, Cecile Mantovani, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix, Thomson Locations: Chamonix, France, Blanc, CHAMONIX, Mont Blanc, Australian, Swiss, Blanc's

☆ As France widens weather red alert, grape pickers told to work early
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A general view shows the city of Lyon after sunrise from the Fourviere esplanade as France issued a "red alert" for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, especially in the Rhone valley, France, August 22, 2023. The Haute-Savoie region, which includes the French side of the Mont Blanc, is among the 49 departments under an orange alert for high temperatures. France's weather service on Tuesday widened its "red alert", the most serious warning, to include 15 more departments from Wednesday, which will cover large swathes of the southeastern Provence region and some areas to the southwest. HIGHEST ALERT LEVELMeteo France on Monday issued a red alert for four departments around the Rhone valley - Rhone, Drome, Ardeche and Haute-Loire. It has now added the departments of l’Ain, la Loire, l’Isère, la Lozère, le Gard, le Vaucluse, l’Hérault, l’Aveyron, le Tarn, le Tarn et Garonne, l’Aude, le Lot, le Lot et Garonne, la Haute Garonne and le Gers.

Persons: Cecile Mantovani, Mont, Aurelien Rousseau, Jerome Despey, FNSEA, Marc Fesneau, Dominique Vidalon, Sybille de la, Angus MacSwan, Bernadette Baum, Conor Humphries Organizations: REUTERS, Authorities, Agriculture, Thomson Locations: Lyon, France, Rhone, Blanc, Europe's, Haute, Savoie, Mont Blanc, Provence, Drome, Ardeche, Loire, l’Ain, la, l’Isère, le Gard, le Vaucluse, l’Hérault, le, Garonne, l’Aude, la Haute Garonne, le Gers, Languedoc, Burgundy, Meteo France, Toulouse

☆ Vingegaard marches towards Tour de France title as Pogacar explodes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 17 - Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc to Courchevel - France - July 19, 2023 AG2R Citroen Team's Felix Gall celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage 17 REUTERS/Stephane MaheCOURCHEVEL, France, July 19 (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard made a giant stride towards a second consecutive Tour de France title when crash-hit rival Tadej Pogacar cracked in the toughest stage of the race on Wednesday. What was a 10-second gap two days ago is now an unbridgeable 7:35 gap after Pogacar huffed and puffed over the line more than five minutes behind Jumbo-Visma leader Vingegaard. "I'm relieved to have more than seven minutes but we're not in Paris yet, there's some tricky stages left, still," said Vingegaard. Vingegaard slowed down and zig-zagged through to continue his demolition work until the line, which he crossed with a big smile on his face. Also why do they let cars pass us when the gap between the groups of riders is just 15 seconds?"

Persons: Gervais Mont, Team's Felix Gall, Stephane Mahe COURCHEVEL, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Vingegaard, la, Felix Gall of Austria, Saint Gervais, I'm, Pogacar, Benoot, Marc Soler, Griescha Niermann, Jonas, Thibaut Pinot, Julien Pretot, David Goodman, Mike Harrison Organizations: de, de France, UAE Emirates, Thomson Locations: Gervais Mont Blanc, Courchevel, France, Saint, Paris

☆ Fifth body found in French Alps following avalanche
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A general view shows an avalanche in the French Alps, in Les Contamines-Montjoie, France, April 9, 2023 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Domaine Skiable des Contamines-Montjoie SECMH / Twitter @domaineskiable via REUTERSPARIS, April 10 (Reuters) - French rescue services have found a fifth body following an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, local authorities said on Monday. The avalanche occurred in the middle of the day on Sunday on the Armancette glacier, which is near the village and ski resort of Les Contamines-Montjoie. Prosecutors in Bonneville who are investigating the incident did not immediately respond to questions regarding the identify of those killed in the avalanche, but local media said two of the dead were mountain guides. Reporting by Layli Foroudi Editing by Gareth JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Four killed in avalanche in the French Alps
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - Four people have died and nine others have been injured in an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday. The avalanche occurred in the middle of the day on the Armancette glacier, he wrote on Twitter. He said the avalanche was extensive, covering an area of one km by 500 metres (half a mile by 550 yards) at an altitude of 3,500 metres and that its causes are being investigated. President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter that rescue services were continuing to search for further casualties and that his thoughts were with the victims and their families. Reporting by Layli Foroudi; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Philippa FletcherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The co-founder of Europe's first Black VC Fund on how he transformed his life, and his plan to help Black founders "build the impossible"
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Fahiemah Al-Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe co-founder of Europe's first Black VC Fund on how he transformed his life, and his plan to help Black founders "build the impossible"Black Seed's Karl Lokko, the co-founder and chairman of Europe's first Black-led for Black-founders venture capital fund, says he's on a mission to find South London's next Black unicorn. The UK native opens up to CNBC in a candid conversation about his transformational journey from gang leader to climbing Mont Blanc with Sir Richard Branson, how mastering the art of 'code-switching' led to access within the tapestry of London society, and why Brixton could become the "Black Silicon Valley."

☆ London, Paris, Frankfurt and beyond: CNBC names Europe's best hotels for business travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Monica Buchanan Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe. FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt Best Western Premier IB Hotel Friedberger Warte Le Meridien Frankfurt Steigenberger Airport Hotel FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera Source: Sofitel Frankfurt OperaThe Sofitel Frankfurt Opera is on Opera Square, or the Opernplatz, near the city's famed opera house. ParisLe Bristol Paris Les Jardins du Faubourg Kimpton - St Honore Paris Pullman Paris Center-Bercy Le MeuriceLe Bristol Paris Source: Le Bristol Paris | Claire CocanoGuests of Le Bristol Paris can count President Emmanuel Macron as a neighbor — Elysee Palace, the official residence of France's president — is just steps away. StockholmGrand Hotel Stockholm Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Stockholm Hotel At Six Bank Hotel Lydmar HotelGrand Hotel Stockholm Source: Grand Hotel StockholmTying for No. ViennaPalais Coburg Hotel Residenz Hotel Sans Souci Wien The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna The Harmonie Vienna Grand Hotel Wien This grand hotel built in 1845 is the former home of Austrian royalty.

☆ Switzerland on course for mild start to winter, easing energy supply fears - paper
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Mont Blanc mountain is seen from Finhaut, Switzerland, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File PhotoZURICH, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Switzerland is on track for a mild start to the winter and above average temperatures could even stretch into February, weather forecasters told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, raising hopes that energy supplies will not be overstretched. A mild start to the winter would help to ensure that gas supplies and water reservoirs do not empty too quickly. "The probability of above-average values is increased according to our weather maps," Carlo Buontempo, from the ECMWF's Climate Change Service, told the newspaper. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Paul Carrel Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Victoria Evans breaks the world record for fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Ben Church Cnn Video Produced Amy Li | Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —With nothing but her small boat for company, British lawyer Victoria Evans battled high winds, big waves and sleep deprivation to record the fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. Despite experiencing extreme conditions and encountering multiple problems along the way, Evans broke the previous world record by over eight days. So it was so, so intense,” said Evans, who was inspired to tackle crossing the Atlantic after climbing Mont Blanc in 2017. READ: Vegan endurance athlete Robbie Balenger on his spiritual connection with runningEvans broke the record for the fastest solo female crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. READ: Jasmine Harrison delights in Atlantic Ocean world record rowAdvocating for women in sportAdmitting she wasn’t particularly sporty as a child, Evans says her 15-year-old self would never have believed she was capable of setting such a record.

Autorităţile locale au intervenit marţi seară pentru a deszăpezi sute de vehicule rămase blocate din cauza ninsorilor pe autostrada A40 în dreptul localităţii Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, lângă graniţa cu Elveţia, a relatat cotidianul regional Le Dauphiné libéré. Autorităţile franceze au precizat că lucrează la degajarea zăpezii de pe acea autostradă şi au avertizat publicul să dea dovadă de atenţie şi să-şi limiteze deplasările, citează Agerpres. Crucea Roşie a fost la rândul său mobilizată pentru a ajuta la operaţiunile de salvare a persoanelor rămase blocate în trafic. Primarul din Bellegarde-sur-Valserine a amenajat în interiorul primăriei locale mai multe spaţii de cazare în regim de urgenţă pentru şoferii rămaşi blocaţi în zăpadă, a precizat cotidianul Le Dauphiné libéré. Meteorologii au avertizat că ninsorile, care nu sunt neobişnuite pentru această perioadă a anului, dar ar putea duce la întreruperi semnificative ale transportului, vor continua şi în perioada imediat următoare.

Persons: Bellegarde, Mont Blanc . Meteorologii Organizations: Le Locations: graniţa, Elveţia, Le Dauphiné, Bellegarde -, Chamonix, Mont

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