Same situation in the Vosges at Markstein where the resort is complaining about 3000 euros of lost ticket sales. Here drivers broke down barriers as well as chewing up the ski trails. Someone was able ...

Risk 2 in the avalanche bulletin is a moderate risk of skier triggered avalanches. It is generally taken to be a green light for ski tourers and so it was on Monday 1st December 2025. Good weather ...

Météo-France has issued the following avalanche warning for tomorrow, Saturday 29th November 2025: ...

Both skiers were caught in the slide but one managed to free himself and alert the PGHM. The weather was described as marginal, the avalanche was at the limit of the cloud base. One of the skiers was ...

A woman in her thirties lost her life in an avalanche on Wednesday morning while skiing off-piste in the Chamonix Valley. The incident occurred around 2000 meters altitude on the north face of the ...

My plan was to do a small loop via the Col du Ban, then the Col de la Luère. There was a bit of smog on the west side of the Col du Ban. This was due to an inversion layer coupled with wood stoves. In ...

With the snowy start to the 2025/26 winter they fired up the ski lift last weekend to the delight of local kids and their parents looking for an activity on a snowy afternoon. The lift only covers 55 ...

The jurisprudence is surprisingly clear. Several court cases, many involving non-professionals, show that ordinary people can be prosecuted after a group accident. The examples span alpinism, skiing, ...

I had spotted another climb on the Mont d'Or: the Carrières. Apart from 100 meters of gravel (why?), it is covered with rough concrete like a Belgian motorway. You can ride it with a road bike. So my ...

The idea was to do a bit of vertical in the weather window. Unfortunately the window slammed shut 1.5km from the col. The sleet/snow was so heavy I decided it would be foolish to go further. I put on ...

Given the early-season snow conditions and our inability to publish the official avalanche bulletins (BeRA) before November 3rd, and following our small “soft slab” field session last Sunday, we are ...

Skiers and ski tourers are facing new restrictions. This time in the ski resort of les Sept Laux following a dispute with a land owner. A gate now blocks the bottom of the classic Vallons de la Pra ...