The French national parks have been getting tough on skiers found in nature reserves. This winter a dragnet in the Plan de Tuèda nature reserve above Méribel netted off piste skiers, snow shoers and ski tourers. All banned from the area. Anyone...
A series of avalanches in the Alps over the weekend killed at least ten skiers. The heaviest toll was in Italy’s northwestern Aosta Valley, with five skiers killed and one missing from three different avalanches. A search was launched above the...
Three German skiers and two ski patrollers have been killed over the weekend in the Alps. An accident in France and an avalanche in the Austrian Alps brings the number of weather-related deaths in Europe this month to 26 as heavy snow continues to...
The Winter storm known as Andre swept through much of Europe over the past couple of days, dropping huge amounts of snow, stranding residents and causing severe traffic disruptions. At least ten people have died in Europe as snowstorms swept through...
Winter has arrived with a vengeance in the Alps after the biggest storm of the season battered ski resorts across France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland over the weekend. YEsterday high winds caused a multiple gondola pile-up happened at the...
A multiple gondola pile-up happened at the Hochzillertal ski area near Kaltenbach, Austria. Several 10-passenger gondolas on the Doppelmayr ”Wimbachexpress” got hung up on a tower and collided into one another. They experienced very high winds all...
