With the first snows of autumn already on the summits and the start of the season just around the corner it is a good time to look back at last year’s avalanche incidents in France.

A short reprieve for the ski resort of l'alpe du Grand Serre ski resort near Grenoble.

The ski station of le Grand Puy near to Gap may not be that well known but the mountains opposite are the site of the German Wings tragedy in 2015. They had been planning to open on the 21st December.

The news had been expected but it was still a shock.

15 climbers have been hit by an avalanche climbing the Mont Blanc du Tacul, part of the route to the summet of Mont Blanc early this morning.

A meeting of Haut-Doubs Lakes and Mountains Community of Communes (CCLMHD) has taken the decision to permernantly close two nordic centers: La Fuvelle and Les Combes Derniers both located in the Haut-

The Dauphine Libere newspaper has announced the death of Sylvain Saudan, a pioneer of extreme ski descents. Saudan was 87 years old and had been suffering from a cardiac condition.

There has been a large avalanche on the north face of the Dôme des Ecrins in the Hautes-Alpes at 3900 meters altitude.

It’s been 5 years since British ski instructor Simon Butler won his historic victory against the French authorities earning the right to establish himself as a ski teacher in France after a 15 year s

The first figures to come in from Nordic ski areas are not good.