A little lunch ride to turn the legs, about 1h10 for the loop and 28 mins for the climb, a bit off my PB but I haven't ridden much this year and it felt sufficiently quick. Faster on the top part of ...

Together, Font-Romeu’s 587,669 ski-days, Les Angles’ 320,000 and the roughly 200,000 from Trio Pyrénées push Neiges Catalanes past the 1 million mark in total ski-days—a surge fueled in part (30 ...

End of season crust skating on the plateau d'Emparis for a bit of fun.

Italian climber Luca Calzone filmed this video of a Geneva based private plane taking off between ski touring groups on the Monta Rosa mountain range on the Swiss / Italian border (Dufourspitze). The ...

In February 2024, two groups of climbers were caught in an avalanche at Mont-Dore, in the Puy-de-Dôme region. It was the deadliest avalanche in Auvergne in 50 years. France Television have returned to ...

First longish ride of the year, over 2 hours anyway. I benefited from a tail wind, which was nice and took in some lakes on the ride back. The route is almost entirely on cycle paths with a bit on ...

The recent “Retour d’Est” weather event brought impressive snowfalls across the French Alps, particularly in the regions around the source of the Arc and Isère rivers. The highest April snowfall since ...

A return to Miribel Jonage to see if there were some tracks I hadn't found on my last visit. They've sufaced the Via Rhona a bit more but I didn't explore beyond Herbens, will have to check out the ...

There was a dramatic rescue yesterday There was a dramatic rescue yesterday afternoon on the north face of Pic de Font Frede (2738m), after an alert was raised by Andorran firefighters concerning a ...

Switzerland, famed for its iconic Alpine ski resorts and mountains such as Zermatt's Matterhorn, is experiencing a significant decline in domestic enthusiasm for skiing. Historically central to Swiss ...

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 ...

An avalanche in Val-Cenis, Savoie, claimed the lives of four Norwegian ski tourers on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. The avalanche struck in the late afternoon on west facing slopes near the Col de ...