Out for a sunny afternoon stroll, the man and his pint-sized pup suddenly found themselves in peril when the ice beneath them gave way. The owner tumbled into a yawning chasm, while his dainty ...

Description 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 ...

Avalanches > Avalanche Bulletin Météo France publishes an avalanche bulletin (BRA) for the Alps, Pyrenees and Corsica on a daily basis throughout the ski season from mid-December to the end of April.

French Avalanche and Off-Piste Accidents 2009 - 2010 The following table is a summary of the winter sports accidents recorded by PisteHors.com for the 08-09 season. This covers a nivological year, ...

The Four Phases of the Avalanche Survival Curve Survival Phase In the first 15 minutes 93% of avalanche victims are still alive, indeed most of the deaths occur during the fall either by hitting rocks ...

Conditions at the moment are similar to the start of the 2005 / 2006 season which saw a record 57 avalanche deaths in France. A thin snow-pack with very strong temperature gradients. On all slope ...

The avalanche ball is a development of the avalanche cords that skiers used before the development of avalanche transceiver. Like a cord, it floats to the surface giving an immediate visual clue as to ...

Launched back in the 1980s by promoter Pierre Schnebelen. The man behind Tignes. This mega project would have linked Orelle in the Maurienne with Bardonecchia in Italy to create a huge trans-national ...

Slab Avalanche Release Alain Duclos and François Louchet have described slab release as a four stage process. First of all a snow slab is separated from older snow by a weak layer. The slab itself may ...

Description Very hard today, ok once I got onto the Coiromonte hairpins although 5 min of my PB - 19m49s instead of 14m33 - 25% ! Although I blame 28mm rather than 25mm tires. I had a 30x34 gears and ...

Ortovox F1 Focus The only other control is a large round dial in the front of the beacon. This is held in transmit mode by a slider. Pushing the slider to the right lets the user move the dial through ...

Approach skis or mini skis are short skis that are fitted with a special binding and are fitted with climbing skins. They are used to climb to off-piste routes over difficult snow conditions and can ...