A tragic accident unfolded on Sunday, January 26, as two ski tourers, aged 60 and 70, lost their lives in an avalanche in the Hautes-Pyrénées region of France.

Strava has long been the dominant app for athletes to record and analyse their training. It is renowned for its robust tracking and community features.

The principle of free mountain rescue has long been a cornerstone of outdoor safety in France.

The Dauphine Libere newspaper has announced the death of Sylvain Saudan, a pioneer of extreme ski descents. Saudan was 87 years old and had been suffering from a cardiac condition.

Every summer a number of iconic French mountain passes are closed for the morning to road traffic.

When Aurélie Dutertre set out for a ski tour last week she thought it would be a pleasant trip to the Belle Etoile summit in the Belledonne range near Grenoble followed by a night in a refuge then hom

According to Meteo France we have now gone 27 days without rain. A record for winter. In ski resorts snowfall and snow depths are well below long term averages.

There has been a significant drop in avalanche fatalities in both Switzerland and France this winter. In the Valais there were 3 fatalities compared to 11 last season.

I don't know about you but I seem to have specific gear for nearly every activity and so a closet full o' crap.

Studies have shown that exercise reduces the risk of dementia but with the French Alps bathed in its usual winter smog is vigorous exercise a good idea? Two large scale studies have shown that the exp