The paper "Evidence of heuristic traps in recreational avalanche accidents" presented at the 2002 International Snow Science Workshop by Ian McCammon gives some interesting insights into the decisions ...

Having suffered for years with the ancient Koflach two clip boot the Nordica's were a revelation. Nordica TR 10 boot The TR10 offer good support for feet and is a 3 buckles design, one with a micro ...

Météo France publishes an avalanche bulletin (BRA) for the Alps, Pyrenees and Corsica on a daily basis throughout the ski season from mid-December to the end of April. There is a twice weekly bulletin ...

The avalanche ball is a development of the avalanche cords that skiers used before the development of avalanche transceiver. Like a cord, it floats to the surface giving an immediate visual clue as to ...

For the past ten days, the ski lifts at Lioran have been at a standstill, marking a premature end to the season. This is the third consecutive winter where the resort has had to grapple with an ...

The Lowa Struktura is a fairly all-around AT boot, available at a reasonable price (here in Poland anyways). It has a fairly beefy plastic shell and a comfortable inner liner. This boot is designed to ...

There was no trace of that when we arrived. The lifties all were very pleasant, although at 10am we seemed to be the first skiers on the slopes. Sainte-Foy is anything but busy. The ski station is ...

Researchers using data gathered by the Swiss Avalanche Research Center at Davos for accidents between 1981 and 1991 have plotted the survival probability of a victim buried under snow against time.

Artificial snow is much denser than natural snow. It takes a meter cubed of water to make two meters cubed of snow. This snow has an effect on the vegetation and melts much later than natural snow. It ...

At 1473 meters the Col de Vergio is Corsica's highest road pass. It is the most developed of the stations for those wanting to ski some piste with six drag lifts. The lift served area extends from ...