Just the name, Malpasset (difficult passage) should give you a clue but not to the skiers and snowboarders who had to be airlifted out of the Gorges yesterday afternoon despite signs at the entrance w

Two very experienced piste patrollers had a narrow escape in the ski resort of Peyragudes on Tuesday (29/01/2019) when they were caught by an avalanche.

Two off piste skiers have been killed following an avalanche near the ski resort of les Deux Alpes. Both victims were men aged in their 50s, part of a group of four.

A snowboarder is in a serious but stable condition after a fall into a pothole while off piste in the ski resort of Flaine in the Haute-Savoie. The incident occured mid-morning on the 29/Jan2019.

A Roumanian women has been injured by an avalanche skiing off piste in the Ski Resort of Val Meinier in the Haute-Maurienne.

With a return to winter, fresh snow and high winds, at least at altitude, a French skier tourer was killed below the Col Pillonet in Valtournenche and an off-piste skier had a lucky escape at the ski

This weekend saw the season start with the opening of Val Thorens and Val d'Isere and also the first avalanche incidents of the season as up to 50cm of fresh snow fell at altitude in the Western an

Sixteen people have been killed in the Alps over the weekend.

The so called "Doctor Vertical", 58 year old Emmanuel Cauchy has been killed by an avalanche this morning near the Pointe Alphonse-Favre (2788 meters) in the Aiguilles Rouges near Chamonix.

Two Grenoble based ski tourers have been killed by an avalanche late this afternoon on the west side of the Belle Plinier (3086m) close to the Italian border.