Le Probatoire is one of the toughest challenges in the outdoors, used for decades to pick alpine professionals in France's legendary hub of glacier skiing, climbing, and deadly terrain. Only the strongest make it, but Simon Akam wonders: Is selection by ordeal still the best way to groom competent guides?
'Hood to Trail,' from Yak Media and Stance, features three urban running crews as they figure out what it takes to be a trail runner
‘Frozen Mind’ features big-mountain snowboarder Victor de Le Rue riding the epic terrain of Chamonix
‘Photo Vagabond’ chronicles the ascent of photographer Dan Milner’s mountain-biking career
I'm not crying. You're crying.
From Jaybird’s ‘Run Wild’ series, Chapter 4 profiles a group of female trail runners tackling the peaks around Chamonix.
Our running columnist is an expert in the track and road running scenes, but the ultra world isn’t exactly his beat. He dove in head first at UTMB.
It's not just for the views
A powerful storm swept the mountains over the weekend and killed more than a dozen people
A crew of skiers heads out to the hills around Chamonix, France for some night laps in this film Nocta II from Black Crows and Yucca Films.