The Latest Breaking News from French Alps

Our in-house personal trainer hiked the French Alps, Les Contamines, with sports brand Columbia. Here's what she learned first hand about physical and mental fitness.

The French Alps town of Annecy is holding a “citizens’ gathering’’ at the lakeside park where a man with a knife raced around stabbing people

Will ski resorts survive climate change? It's a question many in the Alps and in mountainous areas around the world are asking. Warmer temperatures, less snow in the winter and melting glaciers all mean that ski resorts are looking at new ways of attracting tourists. Recently some 200 professional skiers,…

Several people were injured when a taxi carrying a family of Brits collided with a minibus near Albertville in the French Alps, closing the busy road on the last day of half term

The man reportedly fell 'several dozen metres' and took off into the air before impacting the ground at 'very high speed', causing several and injuries and a fatal heart attack

Coroner of Chamonix has opened an inquiry into the death of the trekker

The woman, 45, was airlifted off Mount Blanc glacier but could not be saved

Mountain rescuers were unable to save her

Police authorities in the French Alps have confirmed the 45-year-old was hiking with her partner and a guide when the avalanche was triggered at 5.30pm on Saturday.