Description I've cycled around the lake of Orta before, in both directions. In my opinion the climb out of Omegna is the easiest even if it is sun exposed as the gradient is never severe. This time I ...

Description I'd intended to climb to Alpe Loccia but it was too hot and I'm not on form at the moment so cut my climb short by taking the Loreglia loop back to Omegna. The 380m of climbing seemed ...

Description Very hard today, ok once I got onto the Coiromonte hairpins although 5 min of my PB - 19m49s instead of 14m33 - 25% ! Although I blame 28mm rather than 25mm tires. I had a 30x34 gears and ...

Description Bought a tri suit so I can cycle and swim. Seems like a good plan in the dog days of a Lyon summer. Tri suit takes a long time to dry mind you but is comfortable to ride in. Conditions A ...

Located at the Super Collet near the Lac II drag lift. It uses an Ortovox EasySearcher system with up to 6 victims. The park is over 10 hectares at the Lac II drag lift. There are organized avalanche ...

Conditions at the moment are similar to the start of the 2005 / 2006 season which saw a record 57 avalanche deaths in France. A thin snow-pack with very strong temperature gradients. On all slope ...

I've often thought it would be possible to make a cross country ski binding more like step in mtb binding. Well it seems like Rottefella have had the same thoughts and are currently testing a new XC ...

An avalanche in Val-Cenis, Savoie, claimed the lives of four Norwegian ski tourers on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. The avalanche struck in the late afternoon on west facing slopes near the Col de ...

Salomon have issued a recall for its MTN pin binding range. The recall in only for bindings manufactured from May 2022 to March 2023. The recall concerns the possibility of a breakage of the spring ...

Description Saturday ride up to Mont Thou where the large radar ball is located. Slopes a bit more acceptable/even on this side of the hill. 6% up to St Cyr and on the Mt Thou climb but this is an ...

A woman in her thirties lost her life in an avalanche on Wednesday morning while skiing off-piste in the Chamonix Valley. The incident occurred around 2000 meters altitude on the north face of the ...

New research published in Nature (Lee et al. 2025) suggests that the weakening of the North Atlantic conveyor will not product the bumper winters that many ski enthusiasts had expected. The research ...