Early season snowpack is what can turn a normal avalanche season into hell and damnation and it is something that is worth watching very closely.

Eric Henderson of Dynafit N.A. talking of some of the modifications they've made to the Beast binding for the 2014 winter. Tightened tolerance on the heel and toe springs (whatever that means).

Second avalanche of the season in the Savoie and it is not even November. Two climbers were ascending above the glacier du Génépy in the commune of Pralognan-la-Vanoise yesterday (26th October).

TVMountain have uploaded a video of the search after the Tignes avalanche yesterday (1m50s into video).

Ryan Guess of Black Diamond equipment introduces the Black Diamond Jet Force Halo avalanche airbag.

In a long interview given to Antoine Chandellier the father of Courchevel ski instructor and trainee guide Grégory Costa, killed a year ago today in an avalanche in Nepal, criticises the state of comm

Sometimes avalanches catch up with even the fastest, strongest skiers. In this video La Plagne freerider Julien Lopez describes trying to outrun the slide, until he falls and is covered by the debris.

Illegal guiding be it of the ski or mountain variety is getting a lot of attention from the authorities these days, although often only when things go wrong and the clients find there is no insurance.

With the summer ban on human flight over Mont Blanc lifted the start of autumn has seen a flurry of wingsuit and parapente activity over the mountain.

Mammut have announced details of an updated firmware, version 4.0, available from mid October. It’s an enhancement to fine search, that is less than 3 m.