It is a word that strikes fear into every winter sports enthusiast's heart. Foehn.

The French Mapping Organization (IGN - l’Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière) will update its mapping data with slope information for the winter 2016/2017.

Nice little look at the Nevis Range Back Corries. Epic views. Not sure I would call it "alpine", reminds me more of the French Massif Central.

Organizing the kids over the French school holidays is a major preoccupation for parents and many have been left wondering why half term has started on a Thursday this year.

A classic "retour d'est" pattern looks like bringing 50 to 100 cm of snow to the Southern Alps over Thursday and Friday.

A group of climbers were lucky to grab this footage of an avalanche on the north face of Z1 in Zanskar at the start of September.

The Linceul, the Shroud, it is on every climbers bucket list but amongst skiers it is a myth. Skied by Jérome Ruby on snowboard and Sam Baugey on skis in 1995 it has never been repeated.

Two climbers have been killed by an avalanche in the North-East couloir of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre around 8h00 today.

There were 8 victims of avalanches in Switzerland this winter (Jan-Feb) and a total of 13 since the start of the season (1/10/2015).

For Chiles Chabert "the most important animal in the mountains is Man and he himself needs protection".