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The Petite Trotte à Léon La Petite Trotte à Léon is one of the 7 races organized by the UTMB. “Created in 2008, after the UTMB in 2003 and the CCC in 2005, it is the longest, the most technical and the hardest of these events. The UTMB is often nicknamed to be the “race …
Saint Gervais les Bains in Haute-Savoie is first a town, before being a ski resort In the current situation where the ski lifts are closed because of the pandemic and, more generally, in the prevision of a drop of the snow cover due to global warming, the future of ski resorts is uncertain. Large ski …
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We can find readings about people going up the mountains since the 14th century. But, in the past, mountains were mostly feared and avoided. For centuries, mountains were climbed for a purpose (religion, trade, transportation,…), by chamois hunters and crystal makers (crystal hunter), and places of passage. Quickly (from Antiquity and the romain era) communication …