14C at the ski area at midday. Snow went off around 11am but even before I was pretty slow.

Over the decades, several ski touring grading systems have emerged in France. Some have replaced others, while many continue to coexist today. Developed by G. Blachère in the 1940s, this was one of ...

Two ski tourers have died after being caught in an avalanche in La Chapelle-d’Abondance, in the Haute-Savoie department of the French Alps. The bodies of the two women, aged 51 and 55 and both from ...

A ski tourer was buried by a large avalanche in the Belledonne massif on Sunday, February 22, but was miraculously rescued unharmed after being trapped under more than a metre of snow.