It all seemed so positive last weekend. We were ski touring in the Belledonne. The resorts of Alpe d’Huez, la Clusaz, Montgenevre and Courchevel had opened ahead of schedule.

A little bit of snow science in the lab and in the field. The engineers are looking at a particular type of weak layer formed by surface hoar (aka frost).

The Observer has published a fairly long article on global warming and its effects on the ski industry.

A 3 minute video showing Val Thorens moving from autumn to winter over 72 hours on the 3rd November. The video is made of 3500 HD images.

Here is the full 12 minutes of Afterglow. A ski movie filmed in Alaska and featuring a segment with a couple of guys in LED lightsuits.

Have you ever done a route where the snow conditions or slope means you have to boot pack a pitch.

100 walkers are missing and at least 29 dead following a snowstorm in the center of Nepal in the Himalayan mountain range.

Ok there is a ski resort on Mt Etna but it isn't open in the summer, or when the volcano is erupting for that matter.

The Russians aren't coming. Well that's the message from France Montagnes following a promotional tour in Russia and Ukraine this September.

I don't know which is more insane. The Wilder Kaiser descent we published the other day or Danny Macaskill on his native Skye tacking the Cuillin ridgeline on his mountain bike.