French Alps

Avalanche in French Alps Kills at Least 4 People

PARIS—An avalanche in the French Alps killed four people Sunday, France's interior minister said, calling the death toll a provisional count. The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, ...

April 9, 2023BY The Associated Press
Bus With 40 Children Crashes in French Alps; 21 Injured

PARIS—A bus carrying 40 elementary school students home from a trip to the French Alps plunged down a ...

March 4, 2023BY The Associated Press
Up Above the World so High: Woman Flies With Geese Over the Alps

DOUSSARD, France—Nathalie Maniglier suffers from a degenerative eye condition and has a special wish: Before she loses her ...

September 24, 2021BY Reuters
Hundreds of Skiers Stuck on Ski Lift in French Alps

Skiers stuck in gondola cars 25 meters (82 feet) above the ground in the French Alps were rescued ...

December 24, 2017BY James Burke