The 3DS law (decentralization, differentiation, devolution) has been passed by the French govt and one of the details will be stricter controls on heliski activities.

The Atomic Redster S5 Cross Country Skate ski is the entry level of Atomic's performance range. It's bigger siblings are the S7, S9 and the Atomic S9 Gen S reviewed last season.

A French season worker aged in his twenties has been killed by an avalanche in the ski resort of la Rosière in the Savoie department near the col des Embrasures (2303m).

{image:2}During the holiday period the Savoie Gendarmerie and agents from the Parc national de la Vanoise and the Office of Biodiversity have been controlling off piste skiers n the 3 Valleys ski area

Two off piste skiers (1 snowboarder) have been killed by an avalanche around 13h00 today in the ski resort of St Colomban des Villards.

With 30 to 35cm of new snow expected overnight accompanied by strong south-westerly winds (Sunday 6th February) Meteo France has launched a yellow alert for avalanches.

Following an incident where an employee of the Folice Douce restaurant at Val d'Isere was killed by a piste basher resorts have warned of the dangers of being on the slopes at night.

French mountain rescue services have called for prudence after the fourth ski death in a fortnight.

A ski tourer has been killed by an avalanche around 13h today in the Chablais, the first avalanche fatality this season.

Back in 2018 we wrote a short article discussing research on how experience affects your chances of getting caught and possibly killed by an avalanche. Not as much as you might hope, it would seem.