Avalanches remain the most widely recognized hazard in ski touring, and guides are trained extensively to manage this risk—through terrain selection, snowpack analysis, and cautious decision-making.

The European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) are currently in the process of revising the Avalanche Danger Scale to improve its clarity and effectiveness. A recent discussion led by Météo-France ...

As we move into spring, the nature of risk in the backcountry begins to change. Avalanches have not gone away, but during stable weather windows they are often no longer the primary cause of accidents ...

I went out for a gravel ride from central Lyon towards the Parc de Miribel-Jonage. I followed the right bank of the Rhône, riding out past Saint-Clair towards Miribel. The air was cold and the morning ...

The descent down the Sommand side was a different matter. Here the piste dropped back into the shade, and the snow became much harder, with patches of icy snow. It needed attention. Once down on the ...

Two Scottish skiers touring on Mont Buet at Vallorcine have been involved in a dramatic accident around 13h00. Reports vary but it appears one of the men was carried a considerable distance by either ...

A woman in her thirties lost her life in an avalanche on Wednesday morning while skiing off-piste in the Chamonix Valley. The incident occurred around 2000 meters altitude on the north face of the ...

Three skiers were killed in a major avalanche on Friday morning in an off-piste area of the ski domain at Val d'Isère, in the French Alps. The slide occurred in the Solaise sector, to the right of the ...

A 55-year-old skier lost his life on Tuesday in a massive avalanche that struck in the Mont-Blanc Massif, specifically the Grands Montets ski area on the NW facing Herse sector, according to emergency ...

Sixteen people have been killed in the Alps over the weekend. In the most serious incident seven ski tourers, including a high mountain guide and mountain leader died and two others are in a serious ...

Salomon have issued a recall for its MTN pin binding range. The recall in only for bindings manufactured from May 2022 to March 2023. The recall concerns the possibility of a breakage of the spring ...

The forecasters from Meteo France Bourg St Maurice have been out on the terrain with members of the CRS from Albertville. They were touring the slopes above Val Cenis in the Haute-Maurienne, in ...