Despite being equipped with an avalanche transceiver, the buried skier was found dead by rescue teams from the CRS, supported by two helicopters, including Dragon 38 from Alpe d’Huez and a gendarmerie ...

Decathlon have issued a product recall for the Simond 240cm and 280cm ski touring avalanche probes sold from 1st September 2025 to 29 January 2026. Apparently a fault has been identified that can ...

Three people were killed in two separate avalanches on Saturday, February 7, in the French Alps, amid persistently dangerous snow conditions highlighted in official avalanche bulletins and warnings ...

Return to le Retord as tot wanted to do a bit of alpine skiing but didn't want to stay too long either. So the small loop and if I arrived at the short cut before 10h50 I would do the trail around the ...

A small avalanche crossed a marked ski run at Les Deux Alpes on Monday around midday, lightly injuring one skier, resort officials said. This is the second piste avalanche involving skiers this year, ...

I heard that le Bessat, around 65km from Lyon, was open but wasn't sure about the snow. In fact pistes were well prepared, especially on the main trail. However on the second loop I heard a "tack tack ...

In response, Rossignol is accelerating its strategic pivot: away from winter-sports toward a broader “mountain-sports” brand. That includes expansion into summer gear, trail-running, VTT (mountain ...

Météo-France has warned of a HIGH avalanche risk for Tuesday 3 February, affecting all mountain ranges in the Southern Alps as well as the Oisans and Grandes Rousses massifs in the Northern Alps.

Tomorrow (Thursday, January 29, 2026), a PIDA (Plan d'Intervention de Déclenchement des Avalanches - avalanche clearance work with explosives) will be carried out on the Lautaret road between 11 a.m.

The accident occurred on the east face of Arpelin (2,614 metres) in the Hautes-Alpes department. According to the public prosecutor’s office in Gap, the victim was skiing with another man when the ...

Three departments in the Southern French Alps are on avalanche alert for Wednesday 28th January. Alpes Maritimes, Alpes de Haute-Provence and the Hautes-Alpes Copyright 1992-2022 PisteHors.com. All ...

A series of avalanche accidents across the French Alps in late January has left one man dead and several others seriously injured, as authorities warn of exceptionally unstable snow conditions in ...