Get to know Annecy, an enchanting French town framed by the Alps with a medieval, canal-filled village and a glittering lake.

Perched on a cliffside plateau that was once home to a handful of herdsmen and their animals, the 1960s purpose-built ski ...

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, ...

In Juneau, we are lucky enough to have mountains and ski slopes basically in our backyards. In Cholet, France we are eight hours in the car away from Chamonix, a town in the French Alps. The road trip ...

The day is warm, the sky blue and we’ve just had lunch at l’Alpage de Pré Rosset, a restaurant set in an 18th-century farm building with views of Mont Blanc. The place might look rustic, but it offers ...

French ski mountaineering champion Adèle Milloz and an unidentified female companion died on Friday while they were climbing on the Mont-Blance mountain range in the French Alps, according to an ...

A 26-year-old French ski mountaineering champion died after falling off the face of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Adèle Milloz plummeted to her death along with a friend she was hiking with on Friday ...

Peak properties in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region remain as popular as ever, with clients seeking a ‘safe refuge for their cash,’ agents say. 16 Photos View Slide Show › By Marcelle Sussman ...