After 3 Years Without Snow, French Ski Area is Closing Slopes For Good The Hautacam ski resort, operating in the French Pyrenees since 1972, has announced it will be closing its slopes, permanently ending winter downhill skiing. Local authorities confirmed the decision this week, citing three consecutive winters of severe snow shortages and mounting financial losses as the reason. Related: Slippery Slopes: Climate Change Threatens the Future of Skiing in North America At 4,900 […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 29, 2025 0 Comments
Unprepared Hikers Lucky to Survive 2 Avalanches in French Pyrenees Two young brothers from Bordeaux, France, narrowly escaped tragedy on Thursday after being swept away by two successive avalanches while hiking above Lake Estom, near Cauterets in the French Pyrenees. The pair, both in their twenties, were not equipped for winter weather and lacked avalanche detection gear, according to rescue officials. Related: Last Week’s Level 5 Avalanche Rating in Europe […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Dozens Injured—At Least 9 Critical—As Ski Lift Collapses in Astún Resort, Spain Shocking pictures are reaching us from Astún Resort in northern Spain, where a ski lift collapsed today, January 18, injuring more than 30 people. According to initial information, nine are in critical condition, and there are also eight seriously injured, the government of the Aragon region in the northeast of the country said. While the cause of the accident is […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 18, 2025 0 Comments
Ski Resorts Where You Can Ski or Board 2 Countries in 1 Day The U.S. has four resorts where you can ski or board in two states in the same day, but how about skiing or boarding in two countries in the same day? Europe has several resorts where this is possible, so pack your passports for some serious bragging rights! Ischgl/Samnaun (Austria and Switzerland) Reaching Samnaun from the Swiss side is quite an […] Julia Schneemann | July 19, 2024 3 Comments
French Wildfires Devastate Southern Regions, 3,000 Evacuated On Monday, a fire in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of France in the southwest. In Perpignan, a city in Pyrénées-Orientales, more than 500 hectares (1200 acres) of land are in ashes. These wildfires have been getting extremely close to campsites. They also have caused the evacuation of some 3000 tourists in the past few days. These tourists went into temporary accommodations […] Fire Ian McIsaac | August 17, 2023 0 Comments
Snowstorm Dumping in Alps and Pyrenees This Weekend While Resorts in the Western US are blowing snow to open on time, many resorts in the Alps and Pyrenees are expecting huge snowstorms to bring feet of snow over the weekend. So far fall snowstorms have broken records for snowfall in the Alps this season. Early December storms in the Alps as well the Pyrenees have many resorts expecting a couple […] Aunika Skogen | December 4, 2021 2 Comments
VIDEO: Professional Skier Adrià Millan Makes First Turns of the Season in Pyrenees Mountains View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adrià Millan Pla (@millan_adria) It’s never too early to ski in September! Adrià Millan Pla is a professional skier from the Pyrenees and he just scored his first turns of the season in his local mountain range. After snowing 20″, Millan strapped on his skis and got to work. Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 28, 2020 0 Comments
Frenchman Who Tried to Walk Through The Pyrenees to Spain for Cheap Cigarettes Needed Helicopter Rescue A Frenchman had to call for help when he got lost walking through the Pyrenees mountain range in a quest to purchase cheap cigarettes in Spain. The citizens of France, like the majority of the rest of the world, are currently in lockdown and anyone who leaves their house needs a written note explaining why. Related: UPDATE: 2,500 Coronavirus Victims Sign-Up […] SnowBrains | April 13, 2020 0 Comments
Microplastic Pollution Carried by the Wind Now Being Found On the Tops of Mountains Tiny fragments of microplastic have been discovered in the Pyrenees mountains of southern France, blown there and deposited by the wind, scientists reported Monday, writes USA Today. Related: Plastic Waste and Toxic Chemicals are Being Found in the Remotest Areas of the Planet Scientists were able to determine that the microplastics – which is plastic that’s less than five millimeters in length – […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2019 0 Comments
Thousands of Holidaymakers in French Ski Resort Trapped by Landslide A landslide that fell onto the only access road to a ski resort in southern France on Tuesday has left around 2,000 people, many of them holidaymakers, trapped reports thelocal.fr. Monts d’Olmes ski resort in the Occitan district of Ariège is currently unreachable by land, the only access road to the popular ski spot called the Ramier was blocked on […] Industry News Steven Agar | February 22, 2018 0 Comments
2016/17 Winter Outlook in Europe | by Accuweather Accuweather.com‘s Winter Outlook 2016/17 in Europe: Forecast Looks Decent For: European Alps Pyrenees European Alps: Almost all of the skiing in western Europe is in the Alps here, so pay close attention. “From late January through February, the primary storm track will shift southward guiding frequent storm systems into France. The risk for flooding will extend from northern Spain through southern France and […] Weather Sergei Poljak | October 6, 2016 0 Comments
Record Breaking Andorra Snow Makes Freeride Competition in the Pyrenees Highlight Worthy (editors note: Andorra was claiming the deepest snowpack on Earth in March at 20 feet deep. Andorra is having their best snow winter in 20 years. This makes for the best ever conditions at a Freeride competition in Andorra.) Many people will be surprised to discover that the Pyrenees have a strong, thriving freeride ski scene. Don’t believe me? Take a […] Lee Lyon | April 18, 2013 2 Comments
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