2025年1月4日 · An avalanche in Val-Cenis, Savoie, claimed the lives of four Norwegian ski tourers on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

Mountain bikes fall broadly into three categories. Rigid Hard tails Fully Suspended Which you choose depends on the kind of terrain you will be tackling.

Another useful technique is sighting off, that is deliberated plotting a course to the right or left of the point you are looking for. This helps allow for navigational errors so that you are sure of arriving to a known side of the control, you then turn in the direction of the control until you find it.

2 天之前 · Recent Avalanche Activity: No recent or past slab avalanches observed in the sector. Some small (size 1) wet snow avalanches were seen on steep, sun-exposed slopes near rocks. Snowpack Observations: A crust layer from Monday’s warming extends up to around 2400m beneath recent snowfall. A snow ...

4 天之前 · A tragic accident unfolded on Sunday, January 26, as two ski tourers, aged 60 and 70, lost their lives in an avalanche in the Hautes-Pyrénées region of France. Despite significant search and rescue efforts, the skiers were found buried under snow in the Grand Tourmalet ski area late Sunday night ...

2 天之前 · 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 Aiguillette des Posettes (2201m) under the Croix de Posettes in …

3 天之前 · A 55-year-old skier lost his life on Tuesday in a massive avalanche that struck in the Mont-Blanc Massif, specifically the Grands Montets ski area on the NW facing Herse sector, according to emergency services and the Haute-Savoie Prefecture. The avalanche, described as "very large" by authorities ...

Hiking Grades The gradings used on PisteHors.com is based on the American Yosemite Decimal System.The first three grades are basically walking routes. The two higher grades are still largely walking routes but will involve some climbing skills and possible rope work.

Ski-Areas > Corsica > Corsica Haute Route (L'Alta Strada) . The Haute Route lets you link Quenza with the Asco valley, or vice-versa, in 11 days. The route coincides at certain points with the GR20, giving you the possibility of using some refuges (Capanelle, L'Onda, Pietra-Piana, Manganu, Ciutulone, Prati...).The route mixes some extreme skiing at an average altitude of …

Gear > Checklist . Apart from your ski or snowboard equipment there is a lot of other gear you will need to carry. The principal concerns are weight and bulk.