Decathlon have issued a product recall for the Simond 240cm and 280cm ski touring avalanche probes sold from 1st September 2025 to 29 January 2026.

A formerly robust, snow-powered ski-gear industry is now cracking under pressure.

I've often thought it would be possible to make a cross country ski binding more like step in mtb binding.

I was sharing the chair lift with a couple of old geezers.

Salomon have issued a recall for its MTN pin binding range. The recall in only for bindings manufactured from May 2022 to March 2023.

A serious accident in the Savoie this weekend is a reminder of the risk of climbing hard slopes using harscheisen or couteaux.

The Valais Public Minister has warned users of lighweight avalanche airbags to check their sacks following an investigation into the death of a High Mountain Guide in January,2021 in Siviez.

The Atomic Redster S5 Cross Country Skate ski is the entry level of Atomic's performance range. It's bigger siblings are the S7, S9 and the Atomic S9 Gen S reviewed last season.

The alpine ski world has seen a number of innovations these past years with the arrival of parabolic, carving, fat and lately rockered skis.

A Haute-Savoyard startup based in the Arve valley and run by a young engineer and skimo competitor, has launched one of the lightest Pin bindings on the market at just 80 grammes per ski.