This past weekend alone, eight people died in avalanches, with several incidents involving off-piste skiers in the Alps ...

Six people died over the weekend while skiing in the French Alps after avalanches hit the slopes in several resorts - so is ...

A spate of fatal avalanches has struck the French Alps amid persistently unstable snow conditions follow heavy snowfall. This ...

The main rink for Olympic hockey is still very unfinished less than four weeks out, but ice conditions improved during a ...

On Monday night, Austria recorded its lowest winter temperature to date – and it is even far below the sub-zero temperatures ...

A new ferry service linking Scotland and France for the first time could set sail in just a few a months. The route, from ...

Heavy snowfall - between 20 and 40 cm in the mountains - has increased the risk of avalanches in certain areas of the Swiss ...

Avalanches killed six in the French Alps, including a British skier off-piste without a transceiver or guide, despite ...

The Englishman was skiing off-piste at the La Plagne resort, it is reported. Rescue teams received an avalanche alert at ...

The man, believed to be in his 50s, was skiing off-piste with a group at La Plagne, according to a statement from the resort, ...

The deaths came despite alerts from the weather service of a high risk of avalanches and warnings against off-piste skiing.