Conditions remain unstable across much of the French Alps with three fatalities this week in separate incidents and avalanches involving skiers and climbers in Ceillac, Serre Chevalier, Val Thorens, C

French businessman Guillaume Mulliez has been killed by an avalanche close to Mont Thabor in the Savoie close to the border with the Hautes-Alpes department on Monday 13th March 2023.

High  avalanche risk this weekend on the Northern Alps and the northern Hautes Alpes.

With more than a meter of snow over the last five days Corsica is getting pounded at the moment.

The PGHM has issued the following warning about the atypical snow conditions currently in the Mont Blanc range.

The snow cover at mid altitudes in the French Northern Alps has not been as poor since the terrible winter of 1963/64.

According to Meteo France we have now gone 27 days without rain. A record for winter. In ski resorts snowfall and snow depths are well below long term averages.

A guided ski touring group has been caught by an avalanche near to the ski resort of Serre Chevalier in the Hautes-Alpes.

A 57 year old ski instructor has been killed by an avalanche while skiing off piste at les Arcs. The piste patrol had already been called to an avalanche at 11h30.

A ski tourer has been killed by a slab avalanche on the glacier d'Argentière. The incident occured on a SE slope at 2500 meters altitude at around 17h30.