Le Plastique is Not So Chic—French Petition Started to Get Rid Of Plastic Ski Slope In July this year La Foux-d’Allos, a ski resort in the Southern French Alps, opened a dry ski slope made from green plastic for summer training. La Foux-d’Allos is a medium-sized resort that is 2.5 hours from Nice Airport and is connected to L’Espace Lumière. Together the twin resorts offer an expansive ski area with 180km of skiing. The resort […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 6, 2022 0 Comments
French Mayor Wants Visitors to Pay a $15,000 Deposit to Climb Mt. Blanc Jean-Marc Peillex is the mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, a French village situated at the base of the highest mountain in The Alps: Mont Blanc. Renowned for its tourism, stunning scenery, and world-class hiking and skiing options, it’s been a popular year-round holiday destination since the early 1900s. However, this year, Mayor Peilliex has a message for anyone seeking to climb Europe’s […] Climbing Nick DeRiso | August 12, 2022 2 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
5 Skiers Killed in 2 Separate Avalanches in the French Alps Near La Grave Yesterday Three men and two women were killed in two separate avalanches in the French Alps yesterday, local media is reporting. Three backcountry skiers in a couloir leading to the Grande Ruine above the Adèle Planchard refuge in the community of Villar-d’Arêne in the Haute Alps, near La Grave, were carried over 1,300-feet by an avalanche triggered just below 12,500-feet at 10:30 […] Avalanche AvyBrains | May 4, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Giant Inbounds Avalanche Triggered by Control Teams at Closed French Ski Area [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXw8U-39drk&feature=emb_title"] AvyBrains | January 21, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
20-21 French Ski Season to Begin on Oct. 17 With Opening of 2 Ski Areas It’s ski season in France on Saturday. Two ski resorts — Tignes and Les Deux Alps — are opening on Saturday, Oct. 17 to commence the French ski season. Hoorah! Way to make all of us North Americanos jealous… In a usual year, ski areas in France open in early to mid-November. But this is no ordinary year. Related: Photo […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 15, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skiing off the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France View this post on Instagram How did you start your day? This was ours! Thanks amigos 🤙🏼🙏! • • @kaestleski @scarpaspa @thenorthface A post shared by Mike Arnold (@mike_d_arnold) on Oct 8, 2020 at 7:56am PDT Mike Arnold is an American UIAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide an Athlete who now lives and plays in the Italian Dolomites. This video of the alpine […] SnowBrains | October 12, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: September Powder Skiing in France Yesterday… Skip the video ahead to the 1:00 mark to get to the juicy bits… Theo Manzon went powder skiing in La Plagne, France yesterday after they saw 50cms (20″) of new snow. It looks like to was fluffy, fun, cold, and dreamy. Not bad for September 26th, 2020! Maybe 2020 is about to turn around… Thanks for sending this in […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 27, 2020 0 Comments