“Nothing happens… most of the time”. This can be a trap that leads us into complacency and sometimes into dangerous situations without us even realizing what’s happening – in avalanche terrain, aviation, surgery, finance, even in spacecraft development. We think...
Since the major mid-January storm cycle and the highly unstable conditions outlined in our last snow report, we’ve benefited from a series of small top-ups of fresh snow – around 5-10 cm at a time – over the past few days. More light snowfall is expected...
One of many recent avalanche incidents illustrating unstable off-piste conditions (no one hurt in this one, as far as we know) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KyVzUMu2fiMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Accidental avalanche on “Familliale” – Val...
After a few snow flurries on Saturday, next week is looking sunny in the N French Alps, with GREAT spring conditions! Higher altitudes, 2300 m and above, are the best places to ski at the moment. The snow has been melting at quite a pace lately in above average...
A sunny, almost spring-like week ahead! All weather forecasts we’ve consulted are showing settled, dry and sunny weather across the whole of the Alps this coming week. Temperatures will be above average for the time of year – indeed it will be feeling...
Photo Thanks to Trevor Godfrey. A quick off-piste and ski touring TOP TIP is to avoid steep slopes above ‘terrain traps’. During many ski seasons, more than half of avalanche deaths involve ‘terrain traps’. Simply avoiding ‘terrain...
