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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Scoring a perfect 100 on the criticism index, Les Deux Alpes tops the list as Europe’s most criticised resort. Over 56% of negative reviews relate to overcrowding, particularly long lift queues, ...

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 ...

According to revelations from French digital magazine Mediapart heavy machinery has been used directly on the Mont-de-Lans glacier at les Deux Alpes. Employees of Sata Group, which manages the ski ...

The *nivologists* of Météo-France have been back in the field across the Alps, preparing for the start of the 2025/26 avalanche forecasting season. Their early-November reports from both the southern ...

From point 889 meters above the village of Pomarey follow a track to the left which leads down to the Tenaison river. Cross over a bridge. From here you can follow a track to the right towards Crozet ...