The top station of the Pleney cable car at Morzine has been destroyed by fire early this morning. Around 40 firemen fought the blaze. There were no victims.

The Pic du Midi de Bigorre (2877m), part of the French Tourmalet ski area has decided to open its doors for the week starting on the 6th May.

There was a certain surprise that two Spanish skiers turned up for their trial last month.

A British ski mountaineer has been killed by an avalanche on the Grande Casse in the Savoie this morning. This is the 34th avalanche fatality this season. The long term average is 31.

Environmentalists thought they'd won an important victory in their ten year battle with the ski resort of Ste Foy over the Vallon du Clou.

High mountain guide Francois Lesca was still finding great conditions at the end of April in the Massif Central as this well shot video shows. Not bad.

With just Val d'Isere, Tignes, Val Thorens, Chamonix and la Grave still open French alpine ski resorts are clearing up and taking stock after a prodigiously snowy winter.

14km in 32 minutes on skis, sounds pretty good going.

There are a lot of first descents but some really stand out.

A manslaughter inquiry has been opened by the Albertville prosecutor following the death of a Russian skier at les Arcs on the 29th of March.