Piolet d'Or Piolet d'Or The Piolet d'Or (, French for "Golden Ice Axe") is an annual mountaineering award given by the French magazine "Montagnes" and The "Groupe de Haute Montagne" since 1991. Nominations are selected by GHM and "Montagnes", and the award is chosen by a jury consisting of Guy Chaumereuil (the chief editor of "Montagnes" when the award was inaugurated), (until 1998) Jean-Claude Marmier (president of GHM when the award was inaugurated), the current president of GHM, the current editor of "Montagnes", the previous year's winners and three members invited by GHM, one of whom becomes the president of the jury.
Riom-ès-Montagnes created in 1923. In 1949, new development of this plant with its purchase by the ECSC. The company employs around fifty people in Riom. Riom-ès-Montagnes Riom-ès-Montagnes (Auvergnat: "Riòm de las Montanhas") is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Main town of the "Pays Gentiane", the city is located northwest of the department of Cantal, in the heart of the regional natural park of Auvergne Volcanoes. Located between the Monts Dore and the Mounts of Cantal at an altitude of 840 meters, Riom-ès-Montagnes accounts 2 591 inhabitants. The Véronne river crosses Riom-ès-Montagnes. It flows into Petite Rhue, which