VIDEO: Kilian Jornet’s Death Defying Run Across High Ridge at Chamonix, France Are you afraid of heights? Does watching others risk their lives give you sweaty palms? Then look away now… Check out this insane footage of legendary ultrarunner Kilian Jornet running along a ridge in Chamonix, in the French Alps. With hundreds of feet of drop on either side and only a 12″ ridge to run along, one little misstep could […] Steven Agar | May 25, 2018 1 Comment
VIDEO: Watch Black Crows Athlete Ross Hewitt Search for Fresh Lines off the Legendary Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix  We might be well into May, but the skiing in Chamonix, in the French Alps, is still pretty epic. Here, Black Crows pro athlete Ross Hewitt goes in search of fresh lines off the legendary Aiguille du Midi. I got back from Norway last night and after listening to the storm on the roof of my house all night […] SnowBrains | May 16, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Black Crows Nocta Project Episode Two | Epic Night Skiing in Chamonix, France Bruno Compagnet and Layla Jean Kerley, accompanied by Flo Bastien and Julien Casagrande filmed the second edition of Nocta Project in the darkness of the Chamonix Valley. In places that are easily tamed by day, the blackness casts a veil of mystery and murkiness, wrapping the world in a mystical wilderness. Featured Video SnowBrains | March 19, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ski Cut Produces Large Avalanche in Chamonix, France This video is from exactly one year ago today in Chamonix, France on the Helbronner Petit Flambeau. Ski cuts are a very important tool in the backcountry. They are a way of testing a slope to see if it may avalanche. Please do not attempt to ski cut a slope unless you are experienced and qualified. “Ski or Slope Cut: A […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 16, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Speed Flyer Lands Inside Moving Cable Car in Chamonix, France 500′ Off The Ground by Epic TV “This is one of those videos you really have to see to believe. 43-year-old Arnaud Longobardi flies into the open doors of a moving cable car… on purpose. Successfully completing this unthinkable feat required an improbable convergence of a tight-knit team, perfect weather conditions, unimaginable permission from the cable car company, cutting-edge equipment, pinpoint accuracy, a bit […] CragBrains | July 25, 2017 0 Comments
Ski Mountaineer Loses Ski & Falls To Death on Mt. Blanc, Chamonix, France Yesterday A ski mountaineer lost a ski and fell to his death while descending Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France at 1pm yesterday.  The terrain he fell on may have been 40-45º steep. His fall sounds like it was very traumatic: “He was unable to control his fall and went airborne off a large serac, impacting the snow below and sliding faster […] Industry News CragBrains | June 18, 2017 0 Comments
American Ski Mountaineer Falls to Death in Cosmiques Couloir – Chamonix, France An American skier died yesterday, Sunday, after falling “hundreds of meters” while skiing off the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France with friends according to BFM TV. Â The Aiguille du Midi is located on the Mt. Blanc Massif. The 37-year-old fell down the no fall zone of Cosmiques Couloir. Â Initial investigations by special mountain police are reporting that the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 17, 2017 0 Comments
One Skier Dead After Falling into a Crevasse in Chamonix A pair of skiers from Russia fell into a crevasse while on the Vallée Blanche in Chamonix. The two skiers were a father and son skiing the Géant Serac sector on Saturday when the son fell into a crevasse. During an attempt to rescue his son the father also fell into the crevasse. On Sunday, Search and Rescue authorities were notified of the […] Dylan Cautela | February 6, 2017 1 Comment