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

Getty Slim Aarons’s 1961 photograph ‘Après Ski’ Credit: Slim Aarons/Getty Brands all over the map are hungry to get in on the action – from heritage ski labels like Fusalp to luxury ...

The Bellevue cable car first opened in 1936, built by Charles Viard who brought the first cablecar to France. It climbs over ...

Over the last few years, Chamonix-based ski brand Black Crows have released a series of short ... Super Saint-Bernard served as a off-piste paradise for powder skiing in the Swiss Alps. The mountain's ...

For ski lovers, winter only means one thing ... While resorts such as Chamonix and Val Thorens draw in the punters with their hard-core party atmosphere, celeb hotspot Verbier is a must for ...

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 ...

Four Norwegians and a Swiss woman were reportedly killed in avalanches while skiing off-piste ... the ski area”. In a separate incident, a Swiss woman, 30, died in an avalanche near Chamonix.

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 ...

An avalanche the previous day in Les Grands Montets near Chamonix had killed a 55-year-old skier. The man, initially believed to be British, was skiing off-piste in an area which authorities said had ...