VIDEO: Mass Carnage at Annual Megavalanche Downhill Mountain Bike Race [arve url="https://youtu.be/8mRyCxpumOY"] CycleBrains | July 14, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Tignes Resort, France, Opens for Summer Skiing Operations View this post on Instagram A post shared by Snow Forecasts * Snow Reports (@snow.forecast) World-class French ski area Tignes is now open for summer skiing. The resort opened on Saturday, June 19, and will remain open until August 1, conditions permitting. Tignes has joined two other French ski areas, Val d’Isere and Les 2 Alpes, for glacier […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 23, 2021 0 Comments
Potential for Huge Ice Avalanche Leads Officials to Advise Avoiding North Face of Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, French Alps Various elements seem to indicate the imminence of a potentially large ice avalanche (of the order of 10,000 to 20,000 cubic meters) from the front of the main glacier suspended from the north face of the Aiguille du Midi (between Frendo and Mallory) in the French Alps. Related: American Alpine Institute Warning Mount Baker, WA Climbers of Huge Serac Expected […] Climbing CragBrains | June 15, 2021 0 Comments
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Ski Resorts in France and Italy Open for the First Time This Season Resorts in France and Italy fired up their lifts this weekend, for the first time in over a year, as lockdown restrictions eased across Europe. La Clusaz, France, opened its lift for just two days, the shortest season ever, and didn’t charge for lift tickets. The lifts began spinning yesterday (5/23) and will spin again today, Monday 24th, before stopping for […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 24, 2021 0 Comments
Skier and Mountaineer Killed in Separate Avalanches Yesterday in Mont Blanc Massif, France There was tragedy on Wednesday in the Mont Blanc Massif, France, on a day that should have been a celebration. On the day that the Aiguille du Midi gondola reopened after seven months closed, two men were killed in separate avalanches. Both avalanches were in the Cosmiques corridor, which had seen abundant snowfall in recent days, and Wednesday brought a short […] Avalanche AvyBrains | May 21, 2021 1 Comment
7 Ski Tourers Killed in 2 Avalanches in the French Alps | 12 Killed in Last Week Seven ski tourers were killed in two separate avalanches in the region of Savoie in the French Alps on Saturday, taking the avalanche death toll to twelve in the last week. “Two avalanches caused the death of seven people in the Savoyard massifs, Galibier and Mont Pourri on Saturday.” – local media statement The first avalanche hit two groups around […] Avalanche AvyBrains | May 10, 2021 0 Comments
As Covid-19 Restrictions Are Eased, Ski Resorts in France and Austria Plan to Open for Summer Skiing It’s fair to say that ski season in Europe never got going this winter. Resorts in France and Italy have been closed to skiers for the majority of the season, while in Austria, only locals were allowed to access the slopes. But with the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the continent, a number of high-alpine glacier resorts have announced they […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 29, 2021 0 Comments
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