A serious accident in the Savoie this weekend is a reminder of the risk of climbing hard slopes using harscheisen or couteaux.

Twenty-one people were killed in avalanches in Switzerland last season in 16 incidents.

With spring in Norway 3 weeks late this year and cross country skiing still possible in the Oslo forests is a sneaky day trip possible from the United Kingdom? Yes, we did say day trip and we are leav

When Aurélie Dutertre set out for a ski tour last week she thought it would be a pleasant trip to the Belle Etoile summit in the Belledonne range near Grenoble followed by a night in a refuge then hom

An avalanche triggered by a serac collapse has killed two skiers in the Grands Mulets sector of Mont Blanc. An additional skier was injured by the slide. The avalanche occured around 4h30.

Launched back in the 1980s by promoter Pierre Schnebelen. The man behind Tignes.

Three trainee guides have been killed by an avalanche on the Pointe de la Golette (3256 m) close to the ski resort of Tignes.

A large avalanche, visible from the valley, has claimed the lives of six ski tourers and injured another on the glacier d’Armancette in the territory of Contamines-Montjoie in the Mont Blanc range.

A group of three skier tourers from Annecy have been caught by a large avalanche on the Grand Bec (3399 meters) in the Champagny-en-Vanoise sector on Saturday afternoon.

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