Published on
15/08/2026 - 7:30 GMT+2
On particularly popular sections of Mont Blanc, hiking groups are now so close together that there is hardly any distance between them. At the same time, not all visitors show respect for nature. Local residents are complaining and consider the situation untenable.
"Today we're moving along in single file. People can only see the backsides of those in front of them. That's hardly ideal," said the mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Jean-Marc Peillex, speaking to Swiss public broadcaster SRF. He is calling for access to the route to be restricted from next spring and for this to be enforced through checks and sanctions.
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, in the Haute-Savoie department of the French Alps.
