The RN90 - a key route to ski resorts in the French Alps - fully reopened on Friday afternoon, just in time for the French school holidays, after having been closed in recent days due to a rockslide.

Two separate avalanches killed five skiers across the French Alps on Wednesday, according to several news reports. Four of the deceased — all Norwegians — were caught in an avalanche at Val-Cenis.

Temperatures in the Alps have risen nearly 2°C in a century, drastically changing snowfall patterns and threatening ski ...

Children join ski school in the Tignes resort in the French Alps on January 23, 2024. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) If you are planning a trip to the French Alps for a ski or winter sports holiday ...

A 62-year-old British woman died after colliding with another skier in the French Alps, according to numerous news reports. The incident took place around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Les Arcs ski resort ...

A 62-year-old British woman has died in the French Alps after colliding with another skier, according to local reports. The English woman was skiing on the Aiguille Rouge mountain of Savoie at ...

Avalanches in the French Alps have claimed the lives of five skiers, including four Norwegians and one Swiss after off-piste snow slides hit the Savoie and Haute-Savoie regions. In Val-Cenis ...

A skier at the Les Arcs resort in the French Alps. A British woman died during a "violent collision" on the slopes Tuesday. PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP via Getty Images A British woman died during a ...

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