A group of three French skier tourers have been caught by an avalanche in the North East Couloir of the Aiguille de Tricot (3 665 m), above the Bionnassay glacier in the Mont Blanc range.

Snow clearing on the high alpine cols has started this week but don't expect them to be open soon.

Avalanche risk will be high this weekend in the Alps and in the western and central Pyrenees.

It is an increasingly frequent event. Saharan sand on your car in the morning and covering the ski slopes.

Despite variable snow conditions visitor numbers for French ski resorts are up on last year.

A 60 year old male skier, resident of the Haute-Savoie department, has been killed by an avalanche descending from the Pointe Yeld (3560m) in the Mont Blanc mountain range.

It seems like a long time ago now but back in 2009 the COP21 conference in Copenhagen fixed an objective of maintaining the average global surface temperature below +2°C compared to the preindustrial

A 21 year old climber has been killed and another suffered knee injuries in an avalanche on the West side of the Gerbier mountain near the ski resort of Villard de Lans in the Vecors mountain range.

The storm that blew through the Southern Alps last weekend wasn't all good news for the regions beleaguered ski areas.

With good snowfall in early December, 2023 it seemed like nordic ski areas were off to a good start compared to the previous winter. That was not counting on the weather.