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Alpine Mag was established in 2017 in the beautiful French Alps. It was created by Ulysse Lefebvre, who now shares management responsibilities with Jocelyn Chavy. The magazine operates out of a base located between Grenoble and Chamonix.

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Everest in 5 days, including xenon gas and testosterone

3 weeks ago | alpinemag.com | Ulysse Lefebvre

Everest has fallen. It was literally taken over by four soldiers dressed in black, in their attempt at speed ascent: Garth Miller, Alastair Carns, Anthony Stazicker, and Kev Godlington. In the race for Everest and novelty, Lukas Furtenbach has set the bar very high. A few weeks ago, we told you how the Austrian guide planned to take four clients to the summit of Everest (8848 m) in seven days, door-to-door. No more, no less. The principle?
Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon complete the Eiger-Matterhorn-Jorasses north face trilogy

1 month ago | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

When the most efficient rope party in the Alps passes by, the north faces bend over! In just six days, Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines roped together the three legendary north faces of the Alps : the Eiger (Heckmair route, in 4h10), the Matterhorn (Schmid route, in 5h40) and the Grandes Jorasses (Colton-McIntyre route, in 4h20).
Aiguille Verte : first wingsuit BASE jump for Antoine Pecher and Eric Jamet

2 months ago | alpinemag.com | Zoé Charef

The Eternal Flame duo continue their exploration of the finest wingsuit lines in the Alps. On April 11, Éric Jamet and Antoine Pecher marked a new page in the history of mountain flying by making the first wingsuit jump from the Aiguille Verte (4,122 m) in the Mont-Blanc massif. The result: a 2.30-minute flight with a view, and a 2,900-meter ascent to Chamonix. Antoine Pecher tells us all about it.
The Annapurna Sherpas who died for others

2 months ago | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

It was midday on Monday, April 7, when an avalanche swept down the Annapurna face, killing two Nepalese Sherpas. Rima Rinje and Ngima Tashi were above Camp 2, at around 5600 meters. They were in charge of supplying the camps with oxygen cylinders, when a huge avalanche hit. Miraculously, a third Sherpa, Pemba Thenduk, also caught in the avalanche, managed to escape. All three men worked for the Seven Summit Treks agency.
Annapurna rescue: French Speed Climber Vadim Druelle injured after crevasse fall

2 months ago | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

French climber Vadim Druelle fell into a crevasse on his way down from Annapurna Camp 3, March 30th. The Himalayan speed climber was rescued by Sirbaz Khan, a Pakistani member of his team, when he was trapped at a depth of twenty meters. Injured and suffering from frostbite, Vadim Druelle was evacuated from the base camp and hospitalized in Kathmandu.
Pierra Menta 2025, still the greatest ski-mountaineering race

Mar 18, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

The world’s biggest ski-mountaineering race, the Pierra Menta, ended with a double French victory for Axelle Gachet-Mollaret with Lorna Bonnel, and for locals William Bon Mardion and Xavier Gachet. Four days, ten thousand metres of vert, and on the special last day, a huge crowd of spectators to support the racers. It’s the Pierra Menta, a magical race held every year in the Beaufortain massif (Alps), France. Photo report by Jocelyn Chavy.
Seb Berthe successfully climbs the Dawn Wall and dedicates his ascent to the “anti-fascist struggle”

Mar 7, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

On January 31, Seb Berthe became the 4th climber to send the 32 pitches of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan, the most difficult multi-pitch route on the planet. The Belgian climber had already attempted it in 2022 after coming to the USA by sailboat. True to his convictions, Seb did the same this winter, coming all the way to America by boat to climb this 900-meter-high Yosemite masterpiece.
Steep skiing and snowboarding: Gaspard Ravanel, Tim Roche, Tim Guala and Taôma Carcuac sign a new descent on the south face of the aiguille de Talèfre, France

Mar 5, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Zoé Charef

On the 4th of February, Gaspard Ravanel and his team mapped out a new variant of a ski and snowboard descent on the south face of the aiguille de Talèfre in the Mont-Blanc massif. It was an adventurous, technical and solitary day, guided by an intuition born of Google Earth. The snowboarder tells us all about it.
“We’re in the early days of mixed climbing in terms of pure difficulty”: Leo Billon after a new route in Mont Blanc Massif with Amaury Fouillade

Mar 5, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

From February 4 to 6, Léo Billon and Amaury Fouillade, both members of Elite French Army called Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne in Chamonix, opened a new route on the Pointe Rapahël Borgis de Pré de Bar, 3683 m, which they called Les Barbares 2. The aim is twofold: to open a route on an unfrequented wall, and to push the game of mixed climbing, aka dry tooling to the limit.
Six new 8000ers official peaks in Nepal

Feb 17, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

If it’s a PR coup, it’s a masterstroke. The Nepalese government has announced the official recognition of fourteen mountains exceeding 8,000 metres. The Nepalese Ministry of Tourism recently published information on each peak, adding six new 8000-metre peaks in Nepal to its dedicated page. To date, Nepal has eight peaks over 8,000 metres – some of which lie on the borders of two other countries.