At about 1030 this morning the first of two major chunks of granite detached from what appeared to be the existing rock scar on the West Face of the Petit Drus, the iconic mountain towering above the Montenvers Railway station and Chamonix Valley.

Over the next hour or so the mushrooming dust cloud thinned out spreading a fine coating of granite dust over the Mer de Glace and the Le Pr... more>

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