There were no fatalities in the Savoie or the whole of the French Pyrenees. The figure for the Savoie is exceptional, it is normally the most dangerous department with its large ski areas, cold, high ...

Scott keeps the wood core sandwich construction with triaxial laminate and sloped side walls. A predictable ski for freeriders providing they like going fast. The shovel gives excellent control. At ...

Sunday afternoon ride after a pub lunch. I thought I was going quite well but 2m30 slower on the course a cote (Limonest zig zags) compared to my PR. I'll have to check when I did that but I was ...

A return trip to Hawaii (a surf spot on the Rhone river) along the river towpath. Once on the gravel hard going as the heavy rains of September have left a lot of ruts and gravel. Needs a good cleanup ...

Once over this hurdle, it was an easy valley road to Hauteluce, then the climb proper. I passed by the chapelle blanche to almost make a loop. Only the last few kilometers to the col were shared.

Bizarrely the motor race that blocked me last time I tried to ride the Signal de St Andre was on again this weekend. Luckily they were elsewhere on Friday but I was concerned I would be stopped again.

This walk might be interesting to anyone in Lyon. Basically follow the Park de la Tete d'Or to the far end of the Cité internationale. Cross the main road to the Rhone river and follow it back to the ...

I wanted to retry this route but in the direction I originally planned via the Col de la Croix de Ban -> Col de Luere -> Col de Malval -> Col de Pars -> Châteauvieux. The climb to the Croix de Ban ...

Okay you've found this page and want to know about skiing the Vallée Blanche (White Valley). You've heard it is the run to do at the end of your week in Chamonix and is not that hard but are havering ...

There are many ways of estimating slope steepness. It is better to have a method that works before you are actually on the slope itself, such as using a sighting clinometer but even something as ...