Tag: france

Tignes, France Won’t Open as Planned this Weekend Due to Warmer than Usual Weather

Tignes ski area in the French Alps has decided not to open…

WeatherBrains

Tignes, France Opens Next Week for the Start of their 7 Month Season

If you can't wait a couple of months to hit your slopes,…

SnowBrains

UPDATE: Despite Disastrous Cable Car Fire the Grand Montets Ski Area near Chamonix, France WILL Open this Winter

In the early afternoon of Tuesday 11th September, a devastating fire broke…

Steven Agar

Chamonix, France Cable Car Fire a ‘Big, Big Disaster’ | Cables Snapped Sending Gondolas Crashing to Valley Below

The fire that engulfed the Lognan cable car mid-station in Chamonix yesterday…

Firebrains

VIDEO: Breaking News – Lognan Cable Car, Chamonix, France on Fire this Afternoon Sept. 11th 2018

The mid-mountain Lognan cable car station in Argentière, near Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, has…

SnowBrains

Tourists are Attempting Europe’s Highest Peaks Dressed in Shorts and Sneakers

Italian mountaineers have spoken out at the number of ill-prepared tourists just…

Steven Agar

Mayor Wants a Permit System to Prevent “Thrill Seekers and Dangerous Buffoons” from Climbing Mont Blanc

As deaths and rescues continue to increase, a French mayor has called…

CragBrains

3 Climbers Roped Together Fall to Deaths After Equipment Fail in Mont Blanc Massif

Three climbers from the same group died on Mont Blanc in the…

CragBrains