An off piste skier had a very lucky escape skiing at Val Thorens today. This was the first day of lift served skiing in the area. The opening had to be put back 1 week due to poor snow conditions.

The bodies of two climbers, missing since Saturday 5th November 2022 have been found by the rescue services in the Grande Casse (3855m) sector of the Savoie following an extensive search and rescue op

A 29 year old trainee high mountain guide has been killed in the Ceillac region of the Southern French Alpes. The victim was a local. Resident of Val des Prés. The incident occured around 11:30 a.m.

French Nordic ski areas awaited the 2021/22 season with trepidation.

Adèle Milloz, star of French ski mountaineering and her client have been found dead on the normal route of the Aiguille du Peigne in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix.

Mountain Wilderness France, an environmental group, is furious to discover that les Deux Alpes is ice making on the summer ski area. The glacier de Mont de Lans is losing 10cm of depth a day.

Have you ever seen those ski touring tracks that go straight up the mountain and wondered who the masochist is who made them? No doubt a skimo racer.

There has been a significant drop in avalanche fatalities in both Switzerland and France this winter. In the Valais there were 3 fatalities compared to 11 last season.

Two women have been killed by an avalanche on Saturday evening close to the Cosmiques refuge situated close to the Aiguillle de Midi on Mont Blanc.

"got to admit it's getting better", Paul McCartney once wrote. To which the ever brutal John Lennon quipped "it can't get no worse".