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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Length: 190cm Cost: 539.00 (street price) Manufacturer: Atomic ...

The Tracker DTS beacon came top of five avalanche transceivers tested by the French magazine Le Point, they were particularly impressed by the performance in localising victims. From experience this ...

The north face of the Aiguille Rouge offers an immense area of off-piste skiing in the direction of Villaroger. Here the danger is real, far from the pistes and from the ski lifts. This is one of the ...

A snow slab is basically a cohesive layer of snow sitting on a weaker layer. The danger with slabs is that a large mass of snow can slide down a slope burying a skier. Slabs can be divided into hard ...

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 ...