Day trip to the 7 Laux with skimania from Lyon to show the mates my local ski area. We arrived at 8h30 but some of the mates were hiring ski gear which took an age and the rest of use were able to do ...

The press and social media have been buzzing about avalanche fatalities in the Alps and beyond this winter with people calling for off piste skiing and ski touring to be more closely regulated or even ...

Approach skis or mini skis are short skis that are fitted with a special binding and are fitted with climbing skins. They are used to climb to off-piste routes over difficult snow conditions and can ...

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 ...

In France the Mayor is responsible for the security of his community but there is an exception for mountains where the State, and its representative the Préfet (governor) are responsible. The Préfet ...

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 ...

Researchers using data gathered by the Swiss Avalanche Research Center at Davos for accidents between 1981 and 1991 have plotted the survival probability of a victim buried under snow against time.

Ortovox's analogue avalanche transceivers became the de-facto standard during the 1990s. So much so that the German firm was seemingly caught napping with the shift to digital technology came towards ...

A 55-year-old skier lost his life on Tuesday in a massive avalanche that struck in the Mont-Blanc Massif, specifically the Grands Montets ski area on the NW facing Herse sector, according to emergency ...

The paper "Evidence of heuristic traps in recreational avalanche accidents" presented at the 2002 International Snow Science Workshop by Ian McCammon gives some interesting insights into the decisions ...

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 ...

The news that the highest ski resort in the French Pyrénées has been declared bankrupt almost went without notice outside of the region. It is not the first time for Puigmal. The ski area already went ...