Three skiers - two of whom were British - died after an avalanche in the French Alps on Friday, bringing the death toll from avalanches in France since the start of the season to 25.
As French ski resorts prepare for the peak February season, the news of more deaths have hit the headlines - here's how to stay safe while skiing in France.
If you are planning a trip to the French Alps for a ski or winter sports holiday, there are a few things to be aware of - from travel problems following a landslide on a key highway to snow levels and safety.
Hundreds of people in France's Savoie region slept in emergency accommodations over the weekend after several boulders fell on a road, closing one of the main routes to major ski resorts, police said.
An avalanche in the French Alps on Wednesday killed four Norwegian skiers swept away by the off-piste torrent of snow and ice, officials in the southeastern Savoie region told AFP.
For those in the UK planning a ski trip in the French Alps, there is good news - Eurostar has re-launched their 'snow train'. Here are your questions answered about the winter train to the mountains.
Ski season is off to a good start in the French Alps, with several resorts maintaining their opening dates and some even pushing up the start of the season thanks to heavy snowfall in recent weeks.
After managing to open for just four weeks last year because of the lack of snow, one French ski resort near Annecy has called it quits and begun dismantling its ski lifts.
Ski resorts in the Nordic countries and the French, Swiss and Austrian Alps might have a future by relying on artificial snow but even that is not sustainable, researchers say.
A Frenchman fell to his death in the Alps after crashing through a plastic window on a ski lift while "messing about" under the influence of alcohol, prosecutors and the lift operator said.
As snowfall returned to the Alps and Pyrenees, here's the latest on France's ski resorts, many of which had to close at the start of the year because of a lack of snow.
