It seems like a long time ago now but back in 2009 the COP21 conference in Copenhagen fixed an objective of maintaining the average global surface temperature below +2°C compared to the preindustrial

A 21 year old climber has been killed and another suffered knee injuries in an avalanche on the West side of the Gerbier mountain near the ski resort of Villard de Lans in the Vecors mountain range.

The storm that blew through the Southern Alps last weekend wasn't all good news for the regions beleaguered ski areas.

With good snowfall in early December, 2023 it seemed like nordic ski areas were off to a good start compared to the previous winter. That was not counting on the weather.

An avalanche has caught a large group of ski tourers at le Mont Dore in the Massif Central. Four of them have been killed, 3 lightly injured, one had triggered his airbag.

A couple of ski tourers, a man and a woman aged in their 40s, have been involved in an avalanche incident on the crête de l’Arpion (2671m) in the Southern French Alps.

Two skiers have been caught in by an on piste avalanche at Praz de Lys Sommand. The Lac piste, a blue run, was open at the time.

The news that the highest ski resort in the French Pyrénées has been declared bankrupt almost went without notice outside of the region. It is not the first time for Puigmal.

Faced with a double whammy of sky-high electricity bills and a second season of poor snow and record temperatures a number of French ski resorts are on the brink of bankruptcy and may join  the 1

I've often thought it would be possible to make a cross country ski binding more like step in mtb binding.