If it works, the comeback of l'Alpe du Grand Serre may become more than a remarkable local story. It could offer an interesting example of how a medium sized French ski resort can remain relevant ...

10- and 25-mile time trials are the bread and butter of British amateur competitive cycling. Every week, events are held on mysteriously coded courses scattered around the country.

Three skiers were killed in a major avalanche on Friday morning in an off-piste area of the ski domain at Val d'Isère, in the French Alps. The slide occurred in the Solaise sector, to the right of the ...

Sixteen people have been killed in the Alps over the weekend. In the most serious incident seven ski tourers, including a high mountain guide and mountain leader died and two others are in a serious ...

The forecasters from Meteo France Bourg St Maurice have been out on the terrain with members of the CRS from Albertville. They were touring the slopes above Val Cenis in the Haute-Maurienne, in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following today's fatal avalanches in the Isere and Savoie, Météo-France has issued a special avalanche communiqué warning of a high avalanche risk across most of the Northern Alps and parts of the ...

Despite variable snow conditions visitor numbers for French ski resorts are up on last year. For the Christmas - New Year 2 week holiday period occupation levels were 82%, an increase of 9% compared ...

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 ...

The PGHM has issued the following warning about the atypical snow conditions currently in the Mont Blanc range. "In a 24 hour period the Chamonix PGHM and the CHOUCAS 74 rescue helicopter have carried ...