Monday, 01 December, 2008
Wind and fresh snow brings avalanches to French Mountains
With 30 cm of fresh snow and a strong southerly “foehn” wind there was a serious avalanche risk in the French mountains over the weekend with slabs in place at altitude. A series of incidents involved skiers and climbers. On Saturday a 32 year old woman was injured on the Pas de la Mine route on the Taillefer close to Grenoble. She was part of a group of seven. However four members of the group had made U-turn earlier after judging the conditions to be unsafe.
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Friday, 28 November, 2008
Avalanche of openings for French ski resorts
In what is one of the best starts to the season for many years a number of French ski resorts are going to open their doors this weekend, at least partially. In the Pyrenees it doesn’t seem to have stopped snowing with depths more like January than the end of November. At 1800 meters there is well over 50cm of snow with close to 150cm at the top of most resorts.
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Tuesday, 25 November, 2008
Ski tourer missing in Maritime Alps
A 30 year old ski tourer has been missing since Sunday in the Maritimes Alpes behind Nice. After an extensive search of the Isola area the man’s car was finally located at Auron. An eye witness reported seeing the missing skier climbing with a heavy rucksack. The police and ski patrol of Auron have carried out an extensive search in the Las Donnas and Demandols sectors. 20cm of snow fell over night with temperatures well below freezing.
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Friday, 14 November, 2008
Urban toll for les Arcs
This season anyone wanting to visit les Arcs 1800 will, baring legal challenges, have to pass through a turnpike. Drivers staying for longer than 3 hours will have to pay a fee to leave. The resort has built a car-park for 70 cars at the entrance to the resort but this is aimed largely at season workers.
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An Analysis of Avalanche Accidents in France for 2007-2008
You may have noticed that we’ve been a bit quiet on the news front over the last couple of weeks. Don’t worry, we’ve got some great articles coming but we’ve also been crunching the numbers to produce our annual analysis of avalanche accidents for the last 12 months in France. 2007-8 was a good year in terms of the number of fatal accidents, the overall figure for deaths was only so high due to two very serious incidents involving climbers. However it was still an unusual season.
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Monday, 10 November, 2008
Lift passes to beat the credit crunch
If you are feeling the cold chill of recession here are a list of prime lift pass offers that you can bank on to make those pennies stretch a little bit further this season (if you know of any other deals let us know in the comments section).
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Friday, 17 October, 2008
Henry’s Avalanche Talks 2008 Tour
Val d’Isere Avalanche Educator and Off Piste Instructor Henry Schniewind is taking his famous Avalanche Talks and Beeper training back on the road again visiting locations in London and the South West.
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Thursday, 16 October, 2008
French Mountain Weather Forecasting Endangered
Meteo France, the French weather forecasting services, had proposed closing a number of local weather forecasting stations around the nation. This cost cutting measure would leave only 3 stations in the entire Rhone-Alpes region. A region where the mountains make their own weather and accurate localized predictions can mean the difference between life and death.
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Tuesday, 14 October, 2008
Another avalanche on the Tacul
Three Polish climbers have hit by an avalanche triggered by a sérac fall on the Mont-Blanc du Tacul. The accident occurred around 19h30. On the 24th of August, 8 climbers were killed by an avalanche at the same spot.
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Look before you leap
Yes, we know it is easy to be wise after the event but off piste and in the back country you really do need to look before you leap. We spotted this avalanche footage over on TetonAT.com and there is lots to notice but we’ll let you take a look at the clip first.
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