Together, Font-Romeu’s 587,669 ski-days, Les Angles’ 320,000 and the roughly 200,000 from Trio Pyrénées push Neiges Catalanes past the 1 million mark in total ski-days—a surge fueled in part (30 ...

The choices are as stark as they are symbolic: Preserve the current operations, with a steep 30–35% hike in local taxes. Scale back and diversify, retaining only the lower part of the resort and ...

With the winter season now closed, N'Py has turned its focus to summer tourism. Since May 8, Peyragudes has reopened the Skyvall gondola and its bike park, while Cauterets Pont d’Espagne has also ...

End of season crust skating on the plateau d'Emparis for a bit of fun.

Italian climber Luca Calzone filmed this video of a Geneva based private plane taking off between ski touring groups on the Monta Rosa mountain range on the Swiss / Italian border (Dufourspitze). The ...

In February 2024, two groups of climbers were caught in an avalanche at Mont-Dore, in the Puy-de-Dôme region. It was the deadliest avalanche in Auvergne in 50 years. France Television have returned to ...

First longish ride of the year, over 2 hours anyway. I benefited from a tail wind, which was nice and took in some lakes on the ride back. The route is almost entirely on cycle paths with a bit on ...

A return to Miribel Jonage to see if there were some tracks I hadn't found on my last visit. They've sufaced the Via Rhona a bit more but I didn't explore beyond Herbens, will have to check out the ...

No country has such a diversity of skiing as France. Forested hills of the Vosges and Jura, rugged high mountains of the Savoie, the mild pine forests of the Maritime Alps, the savage beauty of the ...