A short lunch ride, I had just over an hour to do a tour but wanted a bit of climb. For the 300m climb from the Ile de Barbe I took 27m08s, a nice improvement from May when I was 28m29 (163bpm) but at ...

The Grand Revard ski domain is situated in the Northern Alps region. It includes the following ski resorts: ...

Jackpot, both the climb and descent were closed to motorvehicles (except locals) due to road works but cycles allowed. This made things much calmer. The climb can be very busy at lunchtime as people ...

Stopped to chat to Valerie who was also on rollerskis. As it was a headwind out that was a nice break for quarter of an hour. Concentrating on trying to get higher on the skis and arm drop (or not) ...

This 8km segment, from Tencin to after Goncelin has just been surfaced. It forms part of the AF3V / V63 cycle path that will link Grenoble with... Aix les Bains or Annecy? Further sections will be ...

Approach skis or mini skis are short skis that are fitted with a special binding and are fitted with climbing skins. They are used to climb to off-piste routes over difficult snow conditions and can ...

Following problems with the toepieces and with play the 2005 Silvretta Pure binding has undergone a number of improvements.

The ski resort of Jausiers-La Frache is situated in the Ubaye area of the Alpes de Haute-Provence department in the Southern Alps region. The top of the lift served area is at meters. We don't all ski ...

The avalanche ball is a development of the avalanche cords that skiers used before the development of avalanche transceiver. Like a cord, it floats to the surface giving an immediate visual clue as to ...

Described by Fischer as an entry level ski we were somewhat baffled by the oxymoronic X-Treme name. The ski has a turn radius of just 17m in 165cm and is a fairly soft ski. The reasonably generous ...

Researchers using data gathered by the Swiss Avalanche Research Center at Davos for accidents between 1981 and 1991 have plotted the survival probability of a victim buried under snow against time.

Marketed as a telemark ski in North-America the Crossbow is relatively supple ski, easy to turn and more at home on piste than in deep powder.