A school group of 15 pupils and their teacher accompanied by a guide and assistant guide have been avalanched in the Vercors around midday today.

With a major storm cycled heading over the Alps this video is a reminder of the danger of persisent weak layers in the snowpack.

After a difficult search operation lasting all night the bodies of the six missing ski tourers have been found under an avalanche in the Ceillac area of the Hautes-Alpes.

Thibaud Duchosal, freerider from the Savoyard village of Villaroger has partnered the ANENA (French National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanches) and the Les Arcs ski area to produce a cl

This polemic is quite amusing.

A group of seven skiers have been involved in an avalanche incident near the Envers des Aiguilles sectors of the Vallée Blanche in the Mont-Blanc mountain range.

Stage 5 of the Grande Odyssee was held in the Bauges for the second year on the plateau of le Revard.

Despite a complicated start to the season in terms of snow conditions Aurélien Ducroz is back for a new season of Cham'lines discovering classic couloirs around Chamonix.

A snowshoer was killed yesterday by an avalanche in the Montcalm mountain range in the Pyrenees.

This year's Grande Odyssee dog sled race has been run in somewhat challenging condtions due to the lack of snow; the worst winter since 1989 according to the ski resorts of the Haute-Savoie.