Two skiers were buried under 250cm of snow at Val-d'Isère in the Vallée perdue (2200 meters), a popular off piste on the back of the Bellevarde. The piste follows a narrow canyon.

There was a large avalanche at the Col du Lauteret this afternoon in the north facing Combeynot face.

There have been a number of serious avalanches across the French Alps today, Friday 26 December, causing multiple injuries and fatalities.

Mountain rescue services based at Jausiers came to the rescue of a couple of ski tourers at 10h30 this morning on the north face of the Chapeau-de-Gendarme (2682m) to the south of Super-Sauze ski reso

A series of avalanches have struck the ski resort of Val Thorens in the French Alps this Thursday, killing one pedestrian and prompting the closure of the ski area due to the extreme avalanche risk.

An avalanche has struck above the commune of Villaroger near the les Arcs ski area in Savoie on Friday, March 21, claiming the life of an Israeli woman skier.

Yesterday, mountain rescue teams from the Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne (PGHM) in Modane responded to two separate incidents involving ski groups caught in snow slides outside marked ski a

There was a dramatic rescue yesterday afternoon on the north face of Pic de Font Frede (2738m), after an alert was raised by Andorran firefighters concerning a stranded Spanish mountaineer.

An experienced 40-year-old skier lost his life on Tuesday afternoon after being swept away by an avalanche on the northern slopes of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre (2877m), a prominent peak in the Fren

February 15, 2025 – Bonneval-sur-Arc, France – A tragic avalanche struck near the Col de l’Iseran on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of two ski tourers.