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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I had spotted another climb on the Mont d'Or: the Carrières. Apart from 100 meters of gravel (why?), it is covered with rough concrete like a Belgian motorway. You can ride it with a road bike. So my ...

The idea was to do a bit of vertical in the weather window. Unfortunately the window slammed shut 1.5km from the col. The sleet/snow was so heavy I decided it would be foolish to go further. I put on ...

Given the early-season snow conditions and our inability to publish the official avalanche bulletins (BeRA) before November 3rd, and following our small “soft slab” field session last Sunday, we are ...

According to revelations from French digital magazine Mediapart heavy machinery has been used directly on the Mont-de-Lans glacier at les Deux Alpes. Employees of Sata Group, which manages the ski ...