Font Romeu, France – Park City’s McRae Williams scored his first World Cup win at the freeskiing season’s opening slopestyle World Cup event in France on Saturday. Both men’s and women’s finals were canceled due to weather. It was a great win for Williams, who finished second at last season’s Mammoth U.S. Grand Prix/FIS World Cup slopestyle … Continue reading Williams Wins World Cup Slopestyle
Tignes, France – In many ways, Donna Weinbrecht was an unlikely hero. An Olympic ski champion from West Milford, New Jersey? But on a snowy day high in the mountains above the Tarentaise Valley in the French Savoie, she became her sport’s first gold medalist. After a demonstration sport introduction in Calgary four years earlier, freestyle moguls … Continue reading Donna Weinbrecht: Unlikely Hero
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts has added Les 3 Vallées, Paradiski and Tignes-Val d’Isere in France, Skirama Dolomiti Adamello Brenta in Italy, 4 Vallees in Switzerland, and Arlberg in Austria to the 2016-2017 lineup of the Epic Pass, which offers unlimited, unrestricted skiing access at the company’s 13 ski resorts in the U.S. and Australia. Europe is the birthplace of … Continue reading Epic Pass Adds Ski Resorts in France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria
La Plagne, France – A 53-year-old British woman died on Monday after crashing into a tree while skiing at La Plagne. The unidentified victim was descending the resort’s “Ours” run (French for “Bear”), above Plagne Bellecote shortly before noon on Monday. She lost control, could not slow down and struck a tree. The piste is … Continue reading British Skier Dies at La Plagne
Valfréjus, France – An avalanche in the Savoie region of France swept down upon a contingent of French military ski training in the Alps on Monday, killing five servicemen and injuring at least two others. The 51 members of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment of the French Foreign Legion were backcountry skiing when the incident caught … Continue reading Avalanche Kills 5 French Military Training in the Alps
Grenoble, France – A French school sports teacher from Lyon is in police custody on involuntary manslaughter charges as he recovers in a Grenoble hospital from injuries sustained in an avalanche at Les Deux Alpes on Wednesday that killed two of his students. Prosecutor Jean-Yves Coquillat in Grenoble says that police interrogations are taking place as the … Continue reading French Teacher Faces Charges Over Deux Alpes Avalanche Tragedy
Deux Alpes, France – A second high school student from Lyon has died following an avalanche on Wednesday in Deux Alpes, bringing the total death toll to three. A 16-year-old male victim died on Wednesday in an area hospital, while his 16-year-old female classmate was pronounced dead at the scene. The two high school students were part of … Continue reading Third Victim of Deux Alpes Avalanche Dies
