Out for a sunny afternoon stroll, the man and his pint-sized pup suddenly found themselves in peril when the ice beneath them gave way. The owner tumbled into a yawning chasm, while his dainty ...

a bit of exploration. Took a "short cut" Gozzano - through "mirkwood" - an unpaved forest road. On the climb decided to check out Centonara - a very steep cobbled climb - rather than on the less steep ...

I've cycled around the lake of Orta before, in both directions. In my opinion the climb out of Omegna is the easiest even if it is sun exposed as the gradient is never severe. This time I decided to ...

Very hard today, ok once I got onto the Coiromonte hairpins although 5 min of my PB - 19m49s instead of 14m33 - 25% ! Although I blame 28mm rather than 25mm tires. I had a 30x34 gears and these didn't ...

I'd intended to climb to Alpe Loccia but it was too hot and I'm not on form at the moment so cut my climb short by taking the Loreglia loop back to Omegna. The 380m of climbing seemed pretty hard non ...

Everything you want to know about backcountry snowboarding and skiing, avoiding avalanches, finding fresh powder and buying the right ski and snowboard gear, sport: sking, sport:snowboarding ...

New research published in Nature (Lee et al. 2025) suggests that the weakening of the North Atlantic conveyor will not product the bumper winters that many ski enthusiasts had expected. The research ...

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 ...

Because of a tendinitis I wanted a route that was flat. Also my road bike has a bent gear hangar and will have to wait for me to get my straightening tool to fix it. So I grabbed my old x-country ...

Tour of the Crêt de Chazay From the parking ride into Brignoud crossing the railway line and turn left at the lights. At 2. 2015-08-05 08:49:14 ...

Côteau de Crolles This route is in the Chartreuse Regional Park behind the small town of Crolles about 20km north of Grenoble. It forms a dumbell. 2013-10-11 19:23:13 ...