http://pistehors.com/news/ski/index/ Ski and Snowboard News en david.george@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-03T08:39:01+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0947-xp444-carbon-fibre-ski-touring-boot/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0947-xp444-carbon-fibre-ski-touring-boot/?gid=948000 Would you tell Kate Moss to get a face lift and go on a diet? Probably not but when there are younger and thinner models coming through the ranks a makeover might be tempting. For two years the carbon fibre XP 500 has been the supermodel of lightweight ski mountaineering boots but next season it faces competition from the fresh faced Sportiva Stratos, Dynafit Dy.N.A. and Scarpa F1 Carbon. Reviews 2009-07-03T08:39:01+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0946-sara-berthelot-and-paul-mason-qualify-as-french-guides/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0946-sara-berthelot-and-paul-mason-qualify-as-french-guides/?gid=946000 This season 54 new guides have qualified from the French National School for Skiing and Climbing (ENSA) based in Chamonix. Amongst them just one woman, Sara Berthelot and a rare American, Paul Mason. Sara Berthelot General 2009-06-28T13:38:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0945-avalanche-kills-two-on-mont-blanc/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0945-avalanche-kills-two-on-mont-blanc/?gid=945000 Two Haute-Savoyards have been killed by an avalanche on Mont Blanc early yesterday. The climbers were attempting a long route on the Droites above the Talèfre glacier. It seems that the pair were hit by a small slab under the Tour des Courtes at around 3600 meters altitude. The men were swept to their deaths over cliffs. Accidents, Avalanche 2009-06-25T06:35:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0944-arva-link-sets-avalanche-beacon-standards/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0944-arva-link-sets-avalanche-beacon-standards/?gid=944000 French avalanche beacon manufacturer Nic-Impex, which makes the popular ARVA brand of avalanche beacon has joined Mammut’s W-Link initiative to augment the amount of information available to searches looking for buried avalanche victims. The missing link in avalanche beacons ? Reviews 2009-06-10T17:47:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0942-karine-ruby-killed-by-crevasse-fall/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0942-karine-ruby-killed-by-crevasse-fall/?gid=942000 Olympic snowboarding champion Karine Ruby and a client have been killed by a crevasse fall on Mont Blanc. A second client is in a serious condition. Ruby won Olympic gold for the snowboarding giant slalom at Nagano in 1998. Ruby passed the grueling guiding exams last summer along with 46 other candidates. Accidents 2009-05-29T16:10:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0941-climate-change-a-la-carte/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0941-climate-change-a-la-carte/?gid=941000 Retreating glaciers, one of the results of climate change, creates a number of problems. New lakes can form, threatening habitation if the dam holding back the waters bursts. A change in the water cycle can alter irrigation and electricity generation. The new landscape also creates a headache for map makers and users of their products, skiers and walkers. Original 1980s IGN map General, Environment 2009-05-23T16:28:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0940-dynastar-altitrail-powder-build-problems/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0940-dynastar-altitrail-powder-build-problems/?gid=940000 Billed as a revolution for ski touring. A mid-fat freeride ski weighing just 2.7kg the Dynastar Altitrail Powder seemed like the answer to our dreams. At 80mm underfoot it could handle powder and difficult snow while climbing like a racer.  General 2009-05-20T20:29:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0939-chalet-in-the-alps-for-200000-euros/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0939-chalet-in-the-alps-for-200000-euros/?gid=939000 If you get your skates on you can pick up a 235 m2 chalet at the foot of the ski runs in Grand Bornand for 200,000 euros. The fantastic wooden chalet. valued at 600,000 euros is due to go to auction on the 11th of June at the the Annecy High Court (tribunal de Grande instance) Resort News, Haute-Savoie 2009-05-17T20:27:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0938-two-ski-tourers-dead-in-alps/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0938-two-ski-tourers-dead-in-alps/?gid=938000 There have been a number of incidents in the Alps. Team PisteHors was in the Ecrins this weekend to climb the Agneaux above Villar d’Arêne . This morning we heard the rescue helicopter making a number of rotations. A 45 year old Grenoble based ski tourer was killed after falling 400 meters over rock bands on the north face of the Pic Maître around 3000 meters altitude.  Accidents 2009-05-17T20:21:00+00:00 http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0933-rene-romet-the-stuff-of-heros/ http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0933-rene-romet-the-stuff-of-heros/?gid=933000 Winched rescues only really began in the late 1960s. Before it had been common to use helicopters as a kind of air ambulance, landing teams as close as possible to accidents then letting a ground crew pick up the injured. Reviews 2009-05-12T12:42:00+00:00