On Friday, guides dispatched by the mayor of Chamonix, Eric Fournier, clipped the gate to the Gigante glacier shut, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported. The glacier lies just under Rifugio Torino, an alpine hut near the highest cable car station on the Italian side of the mountain.
The small gate permits access to the glacier, while signs warn tourists without the necessary equipment or experience not to venture onto it. Fournier justified the move by saying that the glacier was in French territory and had been closed off for security reasons. But 20km across the border in the Italian town of Courmayeur, the decision has provoked outrage.
Source: http://www.thelocal.it/
