In 50 years, winter sports have transformed the mountains, bringing prosperity to local communities. But the French Alps are ...

South African model Minki van der Westhuizen shares her enchanting winter escape to the French Alps with husband Ernst ...

Truckee's new French bistro, Tangerine, is unlike any other French restaurant in Lake Tahoe. It's Paris, not Chamonix.

Edgar Grospiron, the moguls Olympic champion in Albertville in 1992, is bidding to become president of the organising ...

A VIP guide to some of the top EDM music festivals in the world including SXM, EDC Las Vegas, Electric Forest, Futur Festival ...

While the Venice of the French Alps is an intriguing nickname, it's also kind of reductive in a way. Annecy is more than a clone of Venice in the mountains of France. It is a unique and special place ...

Mathilde Lacoste, artistic director of heritage skiwear brand Fusalp, shares her favorite ski locations. Established in 1952 ...

Two separate avalanches killed five skiers across the French Alps on Wednesday, according to several news reports. Four of ...

A British skier has died following a “very large” avalanche in the French Alps. The 55-year-old man was found in the snow in an off-piste sector in a valley in Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc.

Earlier this month two Estonians were killed by an avalanche in the neighbouring Savoie department. It will become the fifth French city to implement a limited traffic zone. We review which vehicles ...

A UK skier has died in an avalanche in the French Alps. The 55-year-old died after being swept away in an off-piste area of the Chamonix valley, at the foot of Mont Blanc on Tuesday afternoon.

Both are still going strong, but – rather like the French Alpine resort itself – they have evolved over the years to cater for changing tastes. An exploratory walk round the busy village centre ...