Across large parts of the Alps above about 2,500 m, isolated weak snow layers exist, especially where light snowfall from mid- to late December has settled atop older, faceted snow. Even here, the ...

⚠️ Météo-France has placed the Hautes-Alpes department on yellow alert for avalanches from Friday 26 December 2025. The Queyras mountain range has been placed on risk level 4/5 in certain areas.

In the Southern Alps there is a good layer of fresh snow on the highest ridges such as the Maritime Alps and Haut-Verdon where snow depths are within normal ranges for late December. Elsewhere in the ...

I'd skied a bit on the sept laux pistes yesterday when I was skitouring and things didn't look that great. In fact globally the pistes weren't bad but a few stones here and there and not always easy ...

Météo-France reports that: After a reasonably snowy start to December, the recent warm spell over the past 10 days has reduced snow cover, especially on southern exposures and at lower elevations. As ...

Behind the calm of the shooting range and the smiles on podiums, the French women’s team has recently been shaken by a series of scandals more reminiscent of a crime column than a winter sports ...

Not too cold out of the fog, some people were in shorts but sun a bit low.

The French Federation of Alpine and Mountain Clubs (FFCAM), also known as the French Alpine Club (CAF), has fallen victim to a CEO fraud scam, losing more than €380,000 in November. The incident was ...

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 ...

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 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 ...