estern Europe's highest peak Mont Blanc (French for white mountain) is taller than ever as snow piled atop its summit, experts described it as a weather change related occurrence.

The height was found to be 15, 783.79 ft (4,810.90 m) on Sept. 15 and 16 respectively - a 7.05 ft (2.15 m) increase in two years.

Last December 2005, Mont Blanc was measured at the height of 15, 776.73 ft ( 4,808.75 m). The actual rock summit is at 15, 721.78 ft (4,792 m) and is 131.23 (40 m) away from the ice-covered summit according to the report.

In a meeting held at the Alpine town Chamonix, France expert Philippe Borel told AFP that the height and the volume of Mont Blanc increased because of the snow massed on the summit over the last two years.

The volume of ice on Mont Blanc's slopes over 15, 748.03 ft high (4,800 m) was first calculated at 14,600 cubic meters in 2003.

It dropped to 14,300 cubic meters two years later, but then almost doubled to 24,100 cubic meters in 2007.

"There is generally no increase in the amount of precipitation in the Alps, but the climate changes," AFP said quoting Giezendanner.

The report added that meteorologist Yan Giezendanner, said that they were registering a greater frequency of wind from the west, which bring rain and higher temperatures.

It was learned that during summer, precipitation transforms into snow sticking in regions over 13,123.35 ft (4,000 m) in altitude that increases Mont Blanc's volume and height.

Meanwhile, during winter, the icy snow is brush around by the winds and has no influence on the mountain's height or volume.

Surveyors have scheduled topographic missions every two years to study Mont Blanc's evolution.