Silvan Schupbach<\/a>\u00a0is currently climbing new routes on what he calls the \u201cforgotten north faces<\/a>\u201d of the Alps. The fifth of them was Zebu<\/a> on the \u00a0Klein Fiescherhorn, together with Phlippo Sala and Olivier Kolly, a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n Solo new variation<\/p>\n On March 24, the restless Filip Babicz<\/a> soloed a new variation of the Lafaille Gully on the east face of Mont Blanc du Tacul.<\/p>\n Babicz soloed the couloir opened 41 years ago by the legendary Jean-Christophe Lafaille<\/a>. He then turned left toward the route\u2019s direct exit, entering new terrain toward the so-called Diable Ridge.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the meantime, night fell,\u201d the Italian climber recalled. \u201cI was alone, nothing stood in my way, I was the master of my destiny and of my choices. I felt good, in my element. At night, the entire mountain was mine. It was an almost mystical feeling as I continued, pitch after pitch, toward the summit of Corne du Diable (4,064m).\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately, he was unable to summit the Corne du Diable because of a difficult headwall at 4,000m. He rappelled down and stepped on his skis again, 18 hours after the start of the climb. It took him six more hours to reach the Torino mountain hut.<\/p>\n Ski traverse<\/p>\n Matheo Jacquemoud of France has successfully completed a grand Alpine traverse from Vienna to Nice on the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, mainly on skis. He linked the snowless sections by cycling.<\/p>\n Jacquemoud\u2019s ski+bike route. Photo: Mattheo Jacquemoud\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vienna-nice-688x700.jpg\")
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