A small avalanche crossed a marked ski run at Les Deux Alpes on Monday around midday, lightly injuring one skier, resort officials said. This is the second piste avalanche involving skiers this year, ...

Météo-France has warned of a HIGH avalanche risk for Tuesday 3 February, affecting all mountain ranges in the Southern Alps as well as the Oisans and Grandes Rousses massifs in the Northern Alps.

Return to le Retord as tot wanted to do a bit of alpine skiing but didn't want to stay too long either. So the small loop and if I arrived at the short cut before 10h50 I would do the trail around the ...

Mouflier saw the potential for developing a ski resort but lacking the money of the Rothschilds in Megève he had to set about convincing the locals. In 1932 the Hotel de Paris opened for the winter ...

I heard that le Bessat, around 65km from Lyon, was open but wasn't sure about the snow. In fact pistes were well prepared, especially on the main trail. However on the second loop I heard a "tack tack ...

The accident occurred on the east face of Arpelin (2,614 metres) in the Hautes-Alpes department. According to the public prosecutor’s office in Gap, the victim was skiing with another man when the ...

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 ...

A series of avalanche accidents across the French Alps in late January has left one man dead and several others seriously injured, as authorities warn of exceptionally unstable snow conditions in ...

Météo France publishes an avalanche bulletin (BRA) for the Alps, Pyrenees and Corsica on a daily basis throughout the ski season from mid-December to the end of April. There is a twice weekly bulletin ...

Avalanches often, very rocky, not often in good condition. Risk of setting off avalanche onto the Pierre à Ric piste below, so sometimes bombed by the pisteurs. Tabé sector couloirs are short readily ...

With the return of good weather today skiers were out in force. Despite warnings and yesterday's avalanches the deadly series continued today. If social media is a guide ski tourers, perhaps better ...

Sixteen people have been killed in the Alps over the weekend. In the most serious incident seven ski tourers, including a high mountain guide and mountain leader died and two others are in a serious ...