The French weather services has issued a yellow alert for avalanches for the weekend of the 7th/8th May 2021. The warning covers the Hautes-Alpes and Northern French Alpes above 2200/2400 meters.

According to an article in New Scientist the episodes of Saharan dust that affect the alps could increase the risk of avalanches as they affect the albedo of the snow, reflecting less sunlight and cau

Meteo France has issued the following warning for the Northern Alpes:Increasing avalanche risk over the coming hours.

With ski resorts closed, probably for the rest of the season, the press are demanding why are there so many fatal avalanches this year.

If you read the previous article you will see that the PGHM from Bourg St Maurice used a Wolfhound mobile phone detector to locate the victim thanks to his mobile phone being switched on.

All the snow professionals, be they guides or instructors, mountain leaders or resort employees working in the mountains, forecasters, rescue workers, avalanche experts, are sounding the alarm.

If you’ve been paying attention to the avalanche bulletins, particularly those published in the Southern Alps, you’ll notice a new phrase: Situations avalancheuses typiques, what we in the English spe

Avalanche forecaster Frederic Cabot has been checking out the situation at altitude in the Beaufortain mountain range and the picture is somewhat troubling.

Over a month earlier than usual, the French weather service has decided to halt its daily avalanche bulletin service.

Meteo France has put the departments of the Savoie and Haute-Savoie on orange alert for avalanches and has warned that with the heavy rain and thaw on Sunday that infrastructure could be affected or r