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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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The Annapurna Sherpas who died for others

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

1 month ago | 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”

1 month ago | 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

1 month ago | 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

1 month ago | 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

2 months ago | 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.
Six new 8000-metre peaks in Nepal, so twenty 8000 in the world?

2 months ago | 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.
Climbing Everest in A Week with Xenon gas

Jan 24, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

Leaving home on Monday morning. To reach the summit of Everest on Thursday night, and return home on Sunday… That’s the dream of a client on Everest next spring. Doing Everest in a week is not a joke, but the very serious announcement of an Austrian guide, Lukas Furtenbach, who markets expeditions to Everest.
7 days on the west face of the Drus, a new route set by Amaury Fouillade, Baptiste Obino and Philippe Bruley

Jan 24, 2025 | alpinemag.com | Jocelyn Chavy

The Drus’ arrow is a powerful magnet. The kind you can’t take your eyes off. The king mountaineers never forget. After a bitter failure in April, when one of them was rescued, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino returned, with Philippe Bruley, to takle the immense west face of the Drus. Not to repeat but to open a new route in seven days, Petit Pont (ED, M5, A3, 6a, 1000 m), a bigwall with a severe atmosphere despite (or because of) the proximity of another frendly rope party due to rock falls.