A French skier died on Saturday May 9 after an avalanche swept off the north face of the Aiguille du Plan in the Mont Blanc massif near Chamonix. Two other skiers were rescued and taken to hospital in ...

A 44 year old ski mountaineer was killed on Friday morning, May 8, after being swept away by an avalanche on the north face of the Aiguille de l’Olan in the Écrins massif in south-eastern France.

An unusually warm and dry April has triggered widespread and rapid thaw across France’s mountain ranges, cutting short the ski season in many areas and leaving conditions more typical of late spring ...

A backcountry skier was seriously injured after an avalanche caught a group of ski tourers in the French Pyrenees on this afternoon, highlighting the risks currently affecting spring mountain ...

The 2025 2026 avalanche season in France was marked by an unstable snowpack structure that led to a sharp rise in fatal accidents across the Alps. According to French avalanche statistics, 34 people ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the return of good weather today skiers were out in force. Despite warnings and yesterday's avalanches the deadly series continued today. If social media is a guide ski tourers, perhaps better ...

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 ...

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 ...