Norovirus Outbreak Affects Nearly 100 Teenagers at La Plagne, France Nearly 100 teenagers at a holiday center in La Plagne, France, have fallen ill with a highly contagious virus, prompting an ongoing investigation by local authorities. Emergency services were called on Tuesday, March 31, to a Union des Centres Sportifs de Plein Air (UCPA) center in the resort, where around 20 firefighters and multiple medical teams examined 89 people — […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 1, 2026 0 Comments
British Snowboarder Found Dead After Disappearing in Off-Piste Area in La Plagne, France A 43-year-old snowboarder has died after being reported missing in the La Plagne ski area on Saturday afternoon, March 28. Rescue services of CRS La Plagne were alerted at around 2:15 p.m. on March 28, when rescue staff were informed of the skier’s disappearance. Initial investigations quickly identified the man’s last recorded use of a ski lift in the Bécoin […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 1, 2026 0 Comments
Ski Guide Killed in Avalanche That Injures 3 Skiers on Off-Piste Route in La Plagne, France [UPDATED: December 27] An avalanche swept through an off-piste route on the Bellecôte massif in La Plagne, France, shortly before noon on Friday, December 26, injuring several skiers and triggering a large-scale rescue operation involving helicopters, doctors, and avalanche dogs. One of the injured skiers—the group’s guide—later died in hospital. According to French authorities, a group of six skiers—including a […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | December 26, 2025 0 Comments
Compagnie des Alpes, France, Secures 25-Year Contract to Operate La Plagne, the World’s Largest Ski Resort New out of the French Alps broke on Tuesday that Compagnie des Alpes will continue running La Plagne, one of the world’s largest ski resort, after local authorities selected its bid for a new 25-year operating contract. The decision, announced November 25, follows a competitive tender process overseen by the Syndicat Intercommunal de la Grande Plagne, the public entity that […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 27, 2025 0 Comments
The 9 Busiest Ski Resorts in the World by Visitor Numbers Did you know that there are an estimated 5,764 ski areas worldwide? However, most of that mind-boggling number are mom-and-pop ski areas, with maybe just one or two lifts. If we cut down that number to only include those ski areas with more than four ski lifts to qualify as a ‘ski resort,’ we still have a staggering 1,945 ski […] Brains Julia Schneemann | September 13, 2025 8 Comments
Tragedy in La Plagne, France, as Austrian Father Dies After 1,000-Foot Fall While Aiding Son A skier in his fifties died on Tuesday morning, March 4, after a catastrophic fall on a steep black run in La Plagne, a ski resort in the French Alps. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on the The resort of La Plagne is in mourning following the death of a skier on Tuesday, March 4 on the Bellecôte […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 8, 2025 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
VIDEO: French Skier Survives Avalanche, Captures Footage With Selfie Stick [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fguillaumeanton%2Fvideos%2F10211659108255417%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Guillaume Anton wasn’t expecting to be caught in a surprisingly large slab avalanche at the French resort of La Plagne last week. Selfie stick in hand and in full charge mode, Anton was catching some pow turns in the Les Ronds “off-piste” area of the resort when he appears to have paused at the top of a steep rollover, […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ice Climbing World Cup 2017 [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/8BE4iQdylXY”] Here is another World Cup Competition, this time is for ice climbers – Ice Climbing World Cup 2017. The UIAA has organised the sport of ice climbing for the past 15 years and in that time has witnessed the incredible growth in popularity of the sport throughout the world. Ice climbing is a dynamic sport, combining […] Claire Weiss | March 8, 2017 0 Comments
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