Countries like Italy, Spain, and Switzerland adopt a stricter approach. In Italy's Aosta Valley, for example, "comfort rescues" are billed to the individuals involved. This system places financial ...

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 ...

The French Alps have experienced a series of avalanches this weekend, highlighting the critical risks of off-piste skiing and the necessity of strict safety precautions. Authorities have emphasized ...

A group of two skiers and a snowboarder triggered a large avalanche in the St Antoine valley at around 2600 meters altitude on a west facing slope. An off piste route that can be reached from the ski ...

The avalanche risk finally dropped enough to open the Beldina nordic ski area; part of the 7 Laux ski area. The resort, which had been quiet on Christmas day, was absolutely rammed and it was hard to ...

Return to Emeindras with skate skis as the trails had been pisted. However I broke a basket on one of my poles which meant for a bit of lopsided skiing. The snow was a bit loose in places which made ...

A quick tour on nordic touring skis towards Emeindras above le Sappey. There was 10 to 15cm of fresh powder on the trail so I remade tracks but stopped just before the summit as it had started to get ...

First alpine ski of the season. Absolutely nobody around so we managed to cover quite a bit of ground. Snow was very good except over in the north facing Pre Long bowl, somewhat surprisingly where the ...

A group of off piste skiers has been caught by an avalanche on the Aiguille Rouge above the ski resort of les Arcs 2000. The alert was given by a professional just after 15h20 who had witnessed one of ...

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 ...