According to an article in USA Today, based on a report in Nature, the earth's glaciers and permanent snowfields are losing 390 billion tons of snow and ice each year.

A 64 year old ski tourer was killed on the Pointe de Plovezan (2644 meters) in the Beaufortain above Aime la Plagne this morning.

Val Thorens freestyle pioneer and ski instructor Thomas Diet has been killed at the weekend in a head on collision with a bus at Belleville. The 35 year old was married with two children.

A 55 year old man has died in an avalanche  at the ski resort of Saint-François-Longchamp.

A 72 year old skier, reported missing since Thursday evening in the ski resort of Menuires has been found dead in the Boismint sector of neighbouring Val Thorens this morning.

La Tania blog has reported that 200 kph winds have broken "Wild Kong", the statue by scupture Richard Orlinski, in two. He was positioned on top of the Saulire in Courchevel this winter.

A 61 year old British ski tourer, resident of Jersey, has been killed by an avalanche in woodland above Monêtier les Bains in Serre Chevalier.

Initial reports were of many buried on the open black Kandahar piste at Crans Montana.

Well known French national Trail team member Juliette Benedicto and elite cross country racer Tanguy Vuillet have been killed in the Aravis mountains following a cornice fall.

A 65 year old skier tourer has been badly injured in the Southern Alps after triggering an avalanche at around 2000 meters altitude under the Crête de la Pierre Eclatée (2713m) in the department of th