As you ski around on a layer of fresh powder every wondered what lies beneath your feet? Well this video is the snow equivalent of Jaws for skiers.

A series of avalanches across the French Alps this weekend has left four dead as well as a number of injured.

To prepare for the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix Aurélien Ducroz and friends decided to ski the couloir des Poubelles at Grands Montets. Every mountain seems to have its Poubelles couloir.

If the race winner seemed almost certain in 2014 edition of the Grande Odyssée there was still a battle for the other two podium places.

You guys probably know more about Chris Davenport than me. The 43 year old Aspen pro skier has climbed and skied on Everest as well as winning the world extreme ski championships. Twice.

The Grande Odyssée is not one dog sled race but four but first a bit of history. In 2007, a winter without snow, especially in the Haute-Savoie, the organisers had to face facts.

Stage 6 of the Grande Odyssée comprised two legs with an overnight stop at the Polar Base at the Col du Mont Cenis where dogs would sleep in the open and mushers in tents.

As anyone who looks at the French avalanche bulletins will notice there is a lot of risk 3 (Considerable danger) and risk 4 (High) announced at the moment.

Change of scenery for the 5th stage of the Grande Odyssée which was held on the plateau du Grand Revard bringing the race out of its traditional home in the high mountains of the Savoie and close to t

With 50 cm of fresh snow since Friday coupled with strong winds and another 50cm expected the Southern Alps departments of Alpes Maritimes and the Var have been put on an Orange Alert with other depar