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 ...

February 15, 2025 – Bonneval-sur-Arc, France – A tragic avalanche struck near the Col de l’Iseran on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of two ski tourers. The incident occurred at approximately 2:00 p ...

A tragic avalanche has struck the northern face of the Grands Moulins (2495m) in the Belledonne Massif on Saturday, claiming the life of a 30-year-old woman and seriously injuring two others. The ...

Météo France publishes an avalanche bulletin (BRA) for the Alps, Pyrenees and Corsica on a daily basis throughout the ski season from mid-December to the end of April. There is a twice weekly bulletin ...

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 ...

The forecasters at Météo France recently conducted ski touring outings in the Northern and Southern Alps to analyze snow conditions and avalanche activity. Now there are daily bulletins for each ...

Updated Digital Maps Aim to Improve Safety for Backcountry Enthusiasts, but Not Everyone Is Convinced ...

The paper "Evidence of heuristic traps in recreational avalanche accidents" presented at the 2002 International Snow Science Workshop by Ian McCammon gives some interesting insights into the decisions ...

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 ...

Artificial snow is much denser than natural snow. It takes a meter cubed of water to make two meters cubed of snow. This snow has an effect on the vegetation and melts much later than natural snow. It ...

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 ...

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.