Scoring a perfect 100 on the criticism index, Les Deux Alpes tops the list as Europe’s most criticised resort. Over 56% of negative reviews relate to overcrowding, particularly long lift queues, ...

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 ...

In conclusion, both the Southern and Northern Alps are off to a promising start, with solid snow above 2000 m and mainly surface-level instabilities. While the short-term avalanche risk is moderate ...

After some good snow at the end of October conditions have been anticyclonic, ideal for forming weak layers in the snowpack. This fine weather has been frequently accompanied by foehn type winds ...

It is an increasingly frequent event. Saharan sand on your car in the morning and covering the ski slopes. According to Meteo France the dust cloud formed in the north of Algeria and is rarely seen in ...

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 ...

New research published in Nature (Lee et al. 2025) suggests that the weakening of the North Atlantic conveyor will not product the bumper winters that many ski enthusiasts had expected. The research ...

It is mid February and the French winter holiday period should be in full swing but unseasonably warm weather is taking a toll on ski resorts in France’s lower and mid-mountain regions, raising ...

According to the French weather forecasting service, Meteo France, snow coverage remains within seasonal norms at mid and high altitudes in the Alps and Pyrenees, but the situation is far less ...

The news that the highest ski resort in the French Pyrénées has been declared bankrupt almost went without notice outside of the region. It is not the first time for Puigmal. The ski area already went ...

Wet, rainy, and quite cold (46°F). Dead leaves everywhere. The Tignot climb had a few twigs and stuff and is not in super condition. Ok with 25mm tires.

A backcountry skier lost his life in an avalanche on Sunday afternoon in Bessans (Savoie). The massive snow slide, measuring 200 meters wide, occurred beneath Pointe d'Andagne at nearly 3,000 meters ...