Watch part 1 of Ride Hard Ride Safe

The first step is to sign up to watch part 1 of Ride Hard Ride Safe.  This is the leading avalanche talk that reveals the mysteries of the avalanche danger to the regular off-piste skier.

Keep in touch

You will also receive our ezine.  We send this weekly during the season and occasionally in the off-season.  The ezine covers our snow reports on the off-piste conditions around Val d’Isere, Tignes, and the Tarentaise.  We add a translation of the official avalanche bulletin from Meteo France and an off-piste weather forecast for the next 5 days.

Each issue we send you expert tips from Henry on how to find the best off-piste snow, how to be safe from avalanche danger how to assess avalanche risk and how to have more fun.

We will send you a confirmation email. You have to click on the link to confirm that it is you.  We promise we will never pass on your details to anyone else for any reason. You can remove your name at anytime by a simple click on the unsubscribe link.

The online talk is split into 4 parts

1. Introduction to the off-piste and avalanches
2. Where you go and when
3. How you should go down or up
4. How to be well prepared

You can view part 1 for free when you sign up for our ezine.

I was arrogant about off piste and admittedly knew almost nothing. But just from reading your article every week I now know how to keep myself safe as well as find good conditions and I wouldn't be surprised if the knowledge I now have could save mine or a friends life at some point in the future so thank you for that. Tom Reynolds

I do find Henry's e-zine very informative and read it straight away. It's made my think twice about venturing off piste. If anything it makes me want to spend another season out there.  Nick Lewis

Read our blog on off-piste conditions

This provides you with frequent updates on the off-piste snow conditions, weather and avalanche risk around Val d’Isere, Tignes and the Tarentaise

Keep in touch with what Henry, Andreas and the off-piste ski guides discover on the mountain.  As much as possible we do this with off-piste photos and off-piste video.

We cover Val d’Isere, Tignes and Tarentaise together with assessments of the avalanche forecast, snow report and weather forecast.  We also post news about HAT events.

European Avalanche Danger Ratings click here

Understanding what these ratings mean is fundamental to staying safe in the off-piste.  Click here to see our explanation of what these ratings mean for your safety.

HAT articles - avalanche accident analysis

Sign up here to receive copies of our free articles on how to stay safe and have more fun when you ski off-piste.

We will also send you our analysis of avalanche accidents that happen off piste such as the one shown in the avalanche video on the right.

These guys survived.  They were unlucky to be caught, but they got out because they were skiing off piste with some care and doing some things the right way.