The horrific discovery took place near a resort in the French Alps, where a 'very large' avalanche had caught the British ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds SSE. The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 44 °F (6.7 °C) and a 77% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

The non-ski holiday is officially in vogue ... Right below Mont Blanc, Chamonix is the ultimate outdoorsy town. There’s plenty of buzz for non-skiers, from paragliding and ice climbing to ...

Will I be insured if I ski off-piste? Several winter sports insurance providers cover off-piste skiing provided you are with a qualified guide and remain on recognised runs – check with your ...

Today around 3 million people visit Chamonix every year ... it’s accessible only by foot, ski (down the famous Vallée Blanche off-piste run) or funicular railway. Its stunning location ...

Few ski resorts are as evocative ... There’s also some excellent off-piste skiing to be had off the back of Le Tour, which is often overlooked – a rarity in Chamonix. Brévent-Flégère ...

Once the holiday season concludes, enter ski season. Given that January through March is considered the snowiest time around the world, ski resorts are packed to the gills with travelers in search ...

Few ski resorts are as evocative as Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Set in the sawtooth-sided valley beneath the north face of Europe’s highest peak, the town has a strong claim to be the birthplace not just of ...

The group had ventured off-piste when an avalanche, thought to have been triggered by a snowboarder above, buried the child. At around 3.00 pm local time, a ski patroller spotted the avalanche and ...

plus accompanying physiological data such as heartrate, it can display ski resort maps, trails and your position on the large, colorful AMOLED touchscreen display. And unlike competitors such as ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Climate change may turn the ski industry into the equivalent of a melting ice cube. But until then, Wall ...