A quick trip to Mt Cindre but difficult to find any V+ around Lyon without a lot of riding. I'd been to the Wallace pub for a late breakfast but only had a pint of their weakest beer - the IPA. Had ...

Two mountain resorts in the French Alps: Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse in the Isère and La Sambuy in Haute-Savoie are undergoing removal of their ski lifts, sparking protests, legal disputes, and heated ...

The avalanche forecasters from Météo-France have been out in the mountains the last week taking measurements and the bulletins are now available from the website. There are also some important ...

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 ...

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 boot resembles a cycling shoe. Moving the pivot to under the ball of the foot gives the skier a stronger kick. One wonders if they could launch a cycle pedal with the same system, or if something ...

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 ...

The first real snow fell on the 12th December with continuous cover of 40 to 60cm at 1300 meters altitude and 80 to 100cm above 1600m unti early February. This was followed by rain and a thaw in the ...

Recent Avalanche Activity: No recent or past slab avalanches observed in the sector. Some small (size 1) wet snow avalanches were seen on steep, sun-exposed slopes near rocks. Snowpack Observations: A ...

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 ...

Little afternoon ride before the TdF finish. The race was 90km from the end so I thought I'd have time to do a quick 30k ride and be back just before the end - like a sprint team trying to catch a ...

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 ...