A climber has been killed by an avalanche on Tuesday in the Davin Couloir near Monetier les Bains in the Hautes-Alpes in the Ecrins mountain range.

A member of the piste services has been killed by an avalanche at Grands Montets on Friday 18th April.

After a brief return to winter last weekend Spring is firmly with us and that means a return to spring dangers: weakly bridged crevasses, falls on icy snow and even sunstroke.

An avalanche has hit a skier on the Arandelières red at les Arcs yesterday.

Two Austrian ski tourers, aged in their twenties, and an Italian, have been killed and another is in a serious but stable condition following an avalanche in the French Ecrins mountain range at 15h00

Five people have been killed in a series of avalanche incidents across the European Alps over the weekend following heavy snowfall over Italy and parts of Switzerland and France.

A 62 year old man from the Grenoble area has been killed today by an avalanche in a west facing bowl under the summit of the Charmant Som (1867 meters) mountain in the Chartreuse mountain range.

A ski tourer has been killed following an avalanche in the Combe de la Mouche close to the town of La Mure in the Isere department.

A complicated and extensive search and rescue operation for a couple of missing snowshoers above the commune of Laus near Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes has recovered the bodies of the victims close to

25 avalanche victims so far this season in France. 11 in the Hautes-Alpes alone.