It is all change in Chamonix for the second ChamLines of the winter.

25 avalanche victims so far this season in France. 11 in the Hautes-Alpes alone.

A ski instructor from la Plagne has triggered a large and deep avalanche in the Canadiens couloir on the North Face of the Bellecôte above the ski resort.

Sorin Radu was off piste in the Reteza range in the south of the Carpathian mountains in Romania. On Mont Papusa to be precise.

This looks like a useful product for avalanche educators. It is a 3D model of an idealized ski mountain.

A red card for a practise that I've seen on a number of times the last few days. Snow professionals (ski instructors) going off piste with their clients without any security gear.

And now for something completely different

It is a story that has set the keyboards of ski forum users’ clattering.

The body of a 30 year old season worker has been found by pisteurs at Val Thorens buried at the bottom of avalanche debris.

An avalanche has significantly affected the shelter of Respomuso located at 2200 meters in Huesca, Spain to the point that has entered its facilities, the only guardians present were unhurt but were