Origins: The Freeride World Tour In this week’s edition of Origins, we will look deep into how the largest big mountain competition tour formed! If you missed last week’s edition on Ski Racing, you can find it here: Related: Origins: Ski Racing The Freeride World Tour (FWT) recently released their schedule and format for the 2021 competition season. Exciting news for all who were anxious […] Ryan Flynn | October 2, 2020 1 Comment
Photo Tour: Powder Skiing Off The Aiguille Du Midi in Chamonix, France Yesterday View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miles Smart (@milessmartguide) Some people we know were skiing off the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France yesterday. It was clearly epic. There clearly wasn’t much competition. Good on ya, boys. The French alps got 50cms of new snow this week and the locals were on it. The Aiguille du Midi is a […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 29, 2020 0 Comments
Black Crows Releases 2021 Ski Lineup The French freeski brand, Black Crows, just released their 2021 ski lineup, and boy, does it look good. The Chamonix based company has been making standout skis since 2006 and their 2021 lineup is looking better than ever. Related: VIDEO: Watch Black Crows Athlete Ross Hewitt Search for Fresh Lines off the Legendary Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix With some totally […] Industry News Spencer Cox | September 17, 2020 0 Comments
Chamonix Guide Killed After Falling into Crevasse and Buried by Falling Snow Bridge An experienced Chamonix guide died on Friday after falling into a crevasse and having a snow bridge collapse on top of him. Jean-Louis Le Garrec was returning from Tacul on the main trail towards Hellbronner in the Mont Blanc massif with a client. The collapse of an exceptionally large snow bridge near the Aiguille de Toule, under the Géant Glacier at 11,800-feet, […] Climbing CragBrains | August 10, 2020 0 Comments
Face Masks Now Required in Chamonix, France City Center To keep the spread of COVID-19 at bay, Chamonix is enforcing a mandatory face mask ordinance within the French ski town’s city center. The town hall of Chamonix wrote in a Facebook post: “THE COMMON OF CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC MAKES MANDATORY WATCH IN THE CITY CENTER Chamonix-Mont-Blanc has had the pleasure for a few weeks, to see its visitors come back. It […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 4, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Chamonix Still Goes! A video posted by the Freeride World Tour on Facebook on June 24 shows some pretty fantastic skiing still going in Chamonix, France! Featured Video Clay Malott | July 6, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skiers Are Still Hitting Huge Lines in Chamonix, France View this post on Instagram I just fell in love with her shapes at first sight on saturday. In between rocks & ice it looked like one of those salty and sweet lines so I had to ski it on Sunday 🧂🥰 Here is one of our last journey with @vivianbruchez and @mathis_dumas in the Contamine Negri, #montblanc […] SnowBrains | June 8, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Story of Survival – Falling 50-Feet Into a Crevasse in Chamonix [arve url="https://youtu.be/Xpx4ajgaL08"] Guest Author | June 8, 2020 70 Likes 4 Tweets 13 Comments
Chamonix, France Begins the Post-COVID-19 Ski World With Futuristic Thermal Cameras for Detecting Fever [arve url="https://youtu.be/8kSegOvlnDU"] SnowBrains | May 20, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Check Out the Lines Tof Henry Skied When Legendary Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix Reopened North face of Col du Plan Epron Tournier 🏔️ Reopening of Mama Aiguille du Midi after two months of break. Not the conditions I prefer but still good to be in the north side again. We were super surprised to see a big rock blocked in the entrance of the exit couloir. The low part was terrible with a big […] SnowBrains | May 19, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: First Descent of Beuf-Sara Couloir in Chamonix, France [arve url="https://youtu.be/P1VykDgAowI"] SnowBrains | February 21, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Video: Nikolai Schirmer And Friends Tackling The Steeps In Chamonix Chamonix, France offers some dang steep skiing and loads of exposure. In this video Nikolai Schirmer, Krister Kopala, Jacob Wester, Flo Bastien, and a few others explore some of what this place has to offer. Many ski lines around Chamonix require not only expert skiing ability but also climbing, rappelling, and glacier navigation skills. It is not uncommon to have […] Featured Video Ryan Nadiak | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
Chamonix, France Report: Powder Has Returned To The Chamonix Valley Report from 30th January 2020 The snow has returned to the Chamonix valley! There was a small storm cycle that came through a few weeks ago but was followed by very warm temps and no more precipitation. Beginning this past Monday, January 27th, a storm sank into the valley. The snow totals were high Monday night but were followed by […] Conditions Report Ryan Nadiak | February 3, 2020 0 Comments
Chamonix Trip Report: Alpine Climb And Ski From Aiguille du Midi, France Report from 12th January 2020 Chamonix, France is home to some of the most spectacular mountaineering in the world. For this reason, I have chosen to call it home for this winter. Even though I have done a fair share of mountaineering in my past stepping into the more technical side of things here is a major eye-opener. This past […] Trip Report Ryan Nadiak | January 16, 2020 0 Comments
French Alps Battle Melting Permafrost Bochard Cable Car With climate change becoming a larger problem every season, some resorts in France took on some big projects this last offseason. A lot of structures were built on a permafrost layer, and now with the increased effects of the warming planet, some resorts had to make sure all their structures were still safe. Chamonix spent approximately 1.7 million dollars reestablishing […] Industry News Dan Scheibelein | December 13, 2019 0 Comments
2 of the World’s Most Talented Mountaineers Slipped to their Death on Mont Blanc, France Yesterday Two of the world’s most talented mountaineers died yesterday on the Aiguille du Plan near Mont Blanc in Chamonix. The bodies of Max Bonniot, 31 and Pierre Labbre, 38 were discovered early Wednesday morning at the base of a gully by a search and rescue team. Related: French Authorities Restricting Access to Mont Blanc to Reduce Overcrowding The couple left Tuesday […] Climbing CragBrains | November 21, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: “The 7 Stages Of Blank” by Salomon TV Does Not Disappoint [arve url="https://youtu.be/bSK-f5ES0i4"] SnowBrains | November 1, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Derailment of Famous Montenvers Train, Chamonix, France Blamed on Human Error On Sunday the famous Montenvers train that leaves from Chamonix center and heads up the icy Mer De Glace derailed. Fortunately, no one was hurt and a backup train arrived to take the passengers back down to the valley floor. After an investigation, officials are claiming there was no technical issue with the train and the derailment is likely as […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 16, 2019 2 Comments
Don’t Miss the Cosmojazz Festival This Week in Chamonix, France Chamonix is no doubt a place where you should ski at least once in your life. But Chamonix is not only a capital of extreme skiing and climbing destination, it is also a place of popular concerts. If you’re in Chamonix now, don’t miss Cosmojazz Festival which takes place from July 20th till July 28th this year. The Festival was […] Claire Weiss | July 22, 2019 0 Comments
UPDATE: Despite Disastrous Cable Car Fire the Grand Montets Ski Area near Chamonix, France WILL Open this Winter In the early afternoon of Tuesday 11th September, a devastating fire broke out at the upper station of the 1st cable-car between Argentière & Lognan (Les Grands Montets ski area), near Chamonix, France. The fire spread almost instantaneously throughout all the buildings of the arrival station, creating severe damage to the infrastructures of the two cable-cars, causing cables to snap […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 14, 2018 0 Comments
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