I bought some new tires for the commute bike. Michelin Lithion 4 in 700 x 32 mm with tan walls. These are really the first tires above basic commute treads that are suitable for training or longer ...

Although I cycle every day I'd not been out for a longer ride for a month due to skiing but the weather was spring like today so I decided to get in a short tour after doing some admin chores. The ...

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 ...

14C at the ski area at midday. Snow went off around 11am but even before I was pretty slow.

Two ski tourers have died after being caught in an avalanche in La Chapelle-d’Abondance, in the Haute-Savoie department of the French Alps. The bodies of the two women, aged 51 and 55 and both from ...

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 ...

Two major avalanches in the French Alps on Tuesday, February 17 2026, have left three people dead and several others injured, as authorities had already warned of a high avalanche risk across much of ...

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 ...

Authorities have placed parts of Savoie under a Red avalanche alert, reflecting an “exceptional” situation driven by heavy snowfall, wind transport and an unusually unstable pre-existing snowpack. In ...

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

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 ...