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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Monday, 13 October, 2008
Changing face of the alps
Climate change may not just been less snow, it could completely reconfigure some off piste and back-country routes. Typical is glaciated terrain above 2500 meters. The North Face of the Grande Motte is a popular off piste route in the ski resort of Tignes. At around 6.30pm on the 17th of September members of the piste patrol and other resort staff who were preparing the area for the new season were surprised by an enormous serac collapse.
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Sunday, 12 October, 2008
Courts, climate change and credit crunch hit ski resorts
It is not just les Houches that is having problems for the 2008/9 season. The Col de Porte near Grenoble is involved in a legal dispute which may keep the lifts closed for another season. The Col de Porte is credited with having the first drag lift in France, built in the mid 1930s and was a favourite with skiers from Grenoble who, once upon a time, would cycle up to the resort on a Sunday with skis strapped to their bikes. Although not large, the area offers a popular floodlit funpark and is an excellent place to learn. It also has a great snow record.
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Thursday, 02 October, 2008
Avalanche Days 2008
The French National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanches is going on the road again with its series of 1 day conferences on snow safety. From November to January the “Avalanche Days” will visit Lyon, Annecy, Romans and Nice.
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