There has been a number of serious avalanches occurred across the French Alps today, Friday 26 December, causing multiple injuries and fatalities. These incidents took place in different regions and ...

Across large parts of the Alps above about 2,500 m, isolated weak snow layers exist, especially where light snowfall from mid- to late December has settled atop older, faceted snow. Even here, the ...

⚠️ Météo-France has placed the Hautes-Alpes department on yellow alert for avalanches from Friday 26 December 2025. The Queyras mountain range has been placed on risk level 4/5 in certain areas.

In the Southern Alps there is a good layer of fresh snow on the highest ridges such as the Maritime Alps and Haut-Verdon where snow depths are within normal ranges for late December. Elsewhere in the ...

I'd skied a bit on the sept laux pistes yesterday when I was skitouring and things didn't look that great. In fact globally the pistes weren't bad but a few stones here and there and not always easy ...

Météo-France reports that: After a reasonably snowy start to December, the recent warm spell over the past 10 days has reduced snow cover, especially on southern exposures and at lower elevations. As ...