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Fatal avalanche at la Plagne
A 58 year old French man has been killed by an avalanche skiing off piste on the south side of the Grande Rochette (2508 meters) summit. The alarm was received at 12h30.
2020-03-06 18:14:32
Ski tourer killed by fall at Puy St Vincent
A 39 year old ski tourer has been killed after falling 200 meters in a couloir on the crête de Reychard/Onde sector in the commune of Puy St Vincent.
2020-03-04 16:14:03
Skier killed by avalanche in Chamonix
A 54 year old man has been killed by an avalanche above the Buet village in Vallorcine close to Chamonix. The victim, qualified as a mountain leader, was local to the area.
2020-03-01 14:13:04
So ski fitness
Hypster’s gotta brand new bagSo the trips with the local alpine club turned out to be as fun as a visit to a German dentist on a trip from Latin America.
2020-02-26 09:13:10
Icy slopes block skiers
The recent snow (up to 25cm in the French Northern Alps) has improved the skiing conditions but the wind has stripped much of the fresh snow on exposed slopes leaving hard, icy surfaces that have surp
2020-02-07 10:26:37
Tragedy on the Haute-Route
"It was like a battlefield, so I said to myself there is very little chance that some of them are alive" - Tommaso Piccioli, one of the three survivors of the Haute-Route disaster that killed 7 of his
2020-02-05 22:57:56
Mayor warns after-hours ski tourers to keep out
Another accident involving a piste groomer and ski tourers has occured. This time on the pistes of Bernex in the Chablais.
2020-02-03 16:14:35
The post climate change era
Announcing the last minute cancellation of the Trans-jurassienne long distance cross country skiing race today Marie-Guite Dufay, president of the regional government spoke of "adapting to the post cl
2020-02-03 14:33:52
Savoie on orange alert for avalanches
Meteo France has put the departments of the Savoie and Haute-Savoie on orange alert for avalanches and has warned that with the heavy rain and thaw on Sunday that infrastructure could be affected or r
2020-02-01 22:26:16
Stability Games
Stability tests on the 29th at the Tête du Torraz in the Aravis at 1810 meters altitude. The slab was due to drifting and was resting on a weak layer of angular grains.
2020-01-31 09:51:53
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