What makes the perfect route? Is it the setting, technical difficulty, rock quality, style, variety, or maybe just how you were feeling that day? Through our 100% subjective polling process, we asked ...

The Cosmiques Arête is one of the most famous and popular climbs in the Mont Blanc massif, and quite rightly so. Excellent granite, exposure, incredible scenery and mid-grade mixed climbing (with some ...

A rendering shows the entrance to the proposed Arête Climbing Gym at 315 W Holly Street in downtown Bellingham, Wash. Gabe Rogel Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald After years of planning, a ...

Get the inside knowledge: IFMGA Mountain Guide Caroline George offers some beta on route-finding, gear, and tackling the cruxes of Chamonix's classic AD alpine route, Cosmiques Arete. DANGER: There ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I confess, I’m a guidebook junkie. I have bookshelves overflowing with guidebooks from all over: Alaska, Canada, South America, Europe and, of course, ...