A French skier died on Saturday May 9 after an avalanche swept off the north face of the Aiguille du Plan in the Mont Blanc massif near Chamonix. Two other skiers were rescued and taken to hospital in ...

A 44 year old ski mountaineer was killed on Friday morning, May 8, after being swept away by an avalanche on the north face of the Aiguille de l’Olan in the Écrins massif in south-eastern France.

It was a beautiful sunny day in Les Arcs. Patricia and her husband Ralph, regular visitors to the resort, were enjoying the kind of conditions skiers dream about: clear skies, crisp air and perfectly ...

Do endurance athletes age like fine wine, or vinegar? Data mining of the American Birkie results by Jim Coors on the website xcskistats.info has thrown up some interesting results. The Birkie is a ...

The mayor of La Clusaz has issued a municipal decree banning off-piste skiing within the resort’s ski area, as avalanche risk in the Aravis remains at the maximum level of 5 out of 5 on Friday morning ...

Due to the weather we had to reign in our ambitions. Finally a trip up to Allevard, 40 minutes from home. Road were clear to resort. We parked at the bottom at the Grand Paul lift. A specialty of ...

Following today's fatal avalanches in the Isere and Savoie, Météo-France has issued a special avalanche communiqué warning of a high avalanche risk across most of the Northern Alps and parts of the ...

Three skiers were killed in a major avalanche on Friday morning in an off-piste area of the ski domain at Val d'Isère, in the French Alps. The slide occurred in the Solaise sector, to the right of the ...

As rescue helicopters crisscross the French Alps amid a spike in accidents this winter, a long-running debate has resurfaced: should mountain rescue in France remain free? On February 11, the Cour des ...

Two skiers were killed in separate avalanche accidents on Monday in the French Alps, highlighting ongoing instability in the snow-pack despite generally moderate avalanche risk levels. The first ...

Decathlon have issued a product recall for the Simond 240cm and 280cm ski touring avalanche probes sold from 1st September 2025 to 29 January 2026. Apparently a fault has been identified that can ...

Recent field observations by Meteo France forecasters highlight a strong contrast in ski touring conditions between the northern Alps around Grenoble and the Hautes ...