With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more ...

For one Virginia family, a trip to Europe offered better prices, bigger mountains, and an unexpectedly serious week of ski ...

Chamonix, nestled in the heart of the French Alps, is one of those rare ski destinations that offers more than just world-class slopes and snow. It’s a must-visit for any skier, whether you’re a first ...

"It's terrible what happened. We are very sad in Saint-Gervais," said Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of the French town Saint-Gervais Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

In 1786, a doctor in Cha­­m­onix named Michel-­Gabriel ­Paccard and a local crystal hunter, Jacques Balmat, teamed up to become the first two people ever recorded to stand atop 15,770-foot Mont Blanc, ...

Yesterday in Part 1, I explained the myriad appeals of skiing in the French Alps, home to the three largest ski areas in the world (in terms of interconnected lifts and trails you can ski on one ...