A little lunch ride to turn the legs, about 1h10 for the loop and 28 mins for the climb, a bit off my PB but I haven't ridden much this year and it felt sufficiently quick. Faster on the top part of ...

This spring, Font-Romeu Pyrénées 2000 achieved an unexpected milestone; it outpaced its larger neighbor, Saint-Lary, in ski-day sales—and it may yet emerge as the busiest resort in the entire French ...

With the winter season now closed, N'Py has turned its focus to summer tourism. Since May 8, Peyragudes has reopened the Skyvall gondola and its bike park, while Cauterets Pont d’Espagne has also ...

The choices are as stark as they are symbolic: Preserve the current operations, with a steep 30–35% hike in local taxes. Scale back and diversify, retaining only the lower part of the resort and ...

First longish ride of the year, over 2 hours anyway. I benefited from a tail wind, which was nice and took in some lakes on the ride back. The route is almost entirely on cycle paths with a bit on ...

Strava has long been the dominant app for athletes to record and analyse their training. It is renowned for its robust tracking and community features. However, many of its most powerful tools now sit ...

The public consultation for the long trailed cable-way link from l'Alpe d'Huez to les Deux Alpes has finally started and will run through to May. Don't make any property investments just yet. This is ...

An avalanche in Val-Cenis, Savoie, claimed the lives of four Norwegian ski tourers on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. The avalanche struck in the late afternoon on west facing slopes near the Col de ...

Researchers have crunched data from the February 2018 snow storm dubbed "The Beast from the East" that hit Europe and have concluded that it was fueled by sea-ice loss in the Arctic and therefore glob ...