Tragic Weekend in Europe as Multiple Avalanches Kill Five People The terrible news from Europe continues, following a tragic weekend in the Alps. There were many reports of injuries caused by avalanches right across Europe, with five people killed in the French and Italian Alps, reports wepowder. Father and daughter killed by an avalanche in Val d’Isère, France A 44-year old father and his 11-year old daughter died in an avalanche […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 20, 2018 0 Comments
Speed Riding Combines Skiing and Paragliding for the Ultimate Adrenaline Fuelled Descent If you’re an adrenaline junkie finding that skiing and snowboarding just don’t do it for you anymore, and are on the lookout for a new activity to satisfy your fix, why not give speed riding a go? This sport for thrill-seekers combines both skiing and paragliding to create a new experience unlike any other and judging from a recently published […] Steven Agar | January 15, 2018 0 Comments
IMAGES: Huge Avalanche Buries Road Under Seven Meters of Snow After Once in a Lifetime Snowstorm in the Alps Unbelievable photos of a tunnel of snow towering above people and vehicles on a road that was buried by a massive avalanche show the current danger levels in the French Alps after “once-in-generation” snowfalls this week, reports The Local. The snowslide blocked the road between Bessans and the village of Bonneval-sur-Arc in the Savoie district on Tuesday and left the 250 […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 12, 2018 0 Comments
British Man Freezes to Death after Getting Lost on way Home after a Night Out A British school supervisor who went missing after a night out at a bar in a French Alps ski resort is believed to have frozen to death after getting lost on his way home. The body of Owen Lewis, 22, was spotted by a helicopter crew after a search had been launched in the Alps resort of Risoul, reports metro.co.uk. Reports […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 10, 2018 0 Comments
Dump of the Decade! The Alps are Getting Buried Right Now | Resorts and Roads Closed & Extreme Avalanche Danger It’s a storm that only happens once every thirty years in the French Haute Tarentaise / Haute Maurienne according to MétéoFrance. Check out the forecast which tells you everything about this insane storm in the Alps here. Resorts are closed, roads are closed and it’s no surprise that the avalanche danger is critical in all the regions above. Here’s what we […] Weather Steven Agar | January 9, 2018 2 Comments
150 Guests Stranded In French Alps Gondola For Several Hours On Sunday According to AFP, around 150 mountain guests were trapped in gondola cars for several hours on Sunday at Chamrousse Ski Resort in France. Around 3:00pm on Sunday afternoon, the resorts Gondola stopped working due to unknown reasons. At the time of the breakdown, there were about 150 guests on the lift. Civil security helicopters were brought in to rescue the stranded mountain guests. They […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 26, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Val D’Isere, France Received 5 FEET of Snow Overnight Earlier This Week | These Guys Got To Shred The DEEP Conditions After a persistent winter storm dropped copious amounts of snow on the French Alps, the conditions are incredible. Val D’Isere, France received 1.5 meters of snow or about 5 FEET overnight earlier this week. This had lead to some deep turns to be had. This is another video of local shredders taking advantage of the all-time conditions at Val D’Isere, France. It […] Chris Wallner | December 14, 2017 0 Comments
France Just Got Buried in 2-3-FEET of Snow The Val Thorens Ski Resort in France just got buried in about 2 feet of snow from the last storm. The storm that has been dumping snow over this last weekend brought the total snow for the Resort to 80cm [32in] at 3200m [10,498ft] and 60cm [24in] at 2300m[7,545ft] elevation. The ski resort close to Val Thorens in the same […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 13, 2017 0 Comments
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