Scoring a perfect 100 on the criticism index, Les Deux Alpes tops the list as Europe’s most criticised resort. Over 56% of negative reviews relate to overcrowding, particularly long lift queues, ...

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 ...

In conclusion, both the Southern and Northern Alps are off to a promising start, with solid snow above 2000 m and mainly surface-level instabilities. While the short-term avalanche risk is moderate ...

Distance: 27.5 km Bike ride during my lunch break. I left late, so I only had an hour to ride, so the three hills in the middle of Grésivaudan seemed like a good choice. Three short, steep climbs in ...

Wet, rainy, and quite cold (46°F). Dead leaves everywhere. The Tignot climb had a few twigs and stuff and is not in super condition. Ok with 25mm tires.

A Murianette with a vam of 700 with the very steep climb of Rocharey added to the end. I'd wanted to ride up to Freydieres but the Rocharey was enough and it had taken quite a bit of time to get this ...

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 ...

I've cycled around the lake of Orta before, in both directions. In my opinion the climb out of Omegna is the easiest even if it is sun exposed as the gradient is never severe. This time I decided to ...

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 ...

A recent report from the Regional Accounts Office has raised serious concerns about the governance of the Saint-Jean-d'Aulps ski resort, particularly the Roc d’Enfer ski area, which the commune shares ...

A series of avalanches have struck the ski resort of Val Thorens in the French Alps this Thursday, killing one pedestrian and prompting the closure of the ski area due to the extreme avalanche risk.

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 ...