Sylvain was a strong all round skier, whether on skis, snowboard or telemark.

Four skiers have been killed by falls in separate incidents in the French Alps over the last two days.

Different risksDoes anyone think it makes sense that the avalanche risk for Tuesday 4/02/14 in Grande Rousses and Belledonne is 3/4 and that the joining Maurienne is only 2 or am I missing something?

There have been a series of accidents off-piste on Sunday in the Alps. In the most serious a snowboarder was killed in the Pied du Moutet sector of les Deux Alpes.

In the last year or so, MeteoFrance started doing something I love – posting forecasts of the altitude of freezing temperature for different times of day for each mountain group and ski station.

Since December France has been blasted by a series of storm cycles. These have brought regular snowfall to all mountain ranges.

Meteo France has issued an avalanche warning for the mountains from the Isere to Mediterranean sea and for the Pyrenees for Saturday with a significant risk of natural avalanches in the morning and la

Two Scottish skiers touring on Mont Buet at Vallorcine have been involved in a dramatic accident around 13h00.

Utah avalanche center expert Bruce Tremper talks about deep slab instability and terrain management.

The BBC have take a series of short films at the Swiss Federal Snow and Avalanche Research Institute looking at the methods used in avalanche forecasting and control.http://www.bbc.co.