Gouter Route News Today

The individual was 55 years old. He was traveling with a group along the Gouter Route of the summit of Mount Blanc.

The accident occurred mid-morning, at an altitude of almost 9,800 feet - Click the link for more details.

Victim, who was part of a group that was not roped together, falls to his death after being dislodged by falling rocks

A PASSIONATE mountaineer from York has completed some of his dream expeditions in the Alps, including the highest peak in the mountain range.

STUFF Were deep in the Marlborough Sounds and its the last place I thought Id ever find a train carriage from the 1930s. It’s a mail boat, so you expect bags of letters and packets, but the opened sack of sheep pellets? And the one of dog biscuits? They are a mystery – though not for long. The Pelorus Mail Boat sets out three days a week from the little town of Havelock, to cruise through the Marlborough Sounds delivering not just post, but much more besides, to the people who live tucked ...