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What role should the ski industry play in education, prevention and mountain safety? Hear from two key industry voices.

Training young riders: essential to help young talents progress safely and reach their goals. Discover our key insights!

Mountain training: a vital prerequisite for safe practice. Discover insights from IFMGA mountain guide Blaise Agresti.

Discover how to prepare for and succeed in this legendary ski mountaineering race. Featuring insights from Karine Fragnière of Reaching Summits.

Mountain guiding, discover why being accompanied by a professional is essential for your safety, your progression and a truly relaxed experience.

Becoming a pro freeride athlete requires optimal preparation, risk mastery, and training. Lolo Besse, head judge at the FWT, shares his insights!

Which specific terrains favor or reduce avalanche release? Explore the mountain and secure your outings by mastering terrain-related risks.

Avalanche Bulletin: an essential tool for ski touring and freeride… provided it is used correctly. Discover our guide to avalanche bulletins.

Avalanche transceiver searches are never easy. Victor Liebenguth rescued two buried snowboarders. Discover his testimony and key lessons.

Which avalanche transceiver should you choose for your off-piste outings? This guide explains everything you need to know to select your equipment for more effective rescues.

Before you rush headlong into snow-covered backcountry, let’s pause for a moment and chat about something crucial: Does your gear align with your skills and project? Because, let’s acknowledge it: the wrong gear can turn your epic snow day into a chilly disaster.

Valentine et Noelle, runners at Patrouille des Glaciers 2024, share their experience following a year of intense training, only to see their race cancelled due to bad weather.

Dominique Perret is a freeride legend who helped pioneer the sport in the early ’80s. Fondateur de WEMountain, He gives us the inside scoop on his passion for snow and speed, WEMountain, and how it all began.

Mattia Piffaretti holds a PhD in sports psychology and heads the AC&T Sport Consulting firm in Lausanne. He has worked with many national and international sporting federations on the mental preparation of athletes, coaches and referees, and he promotes health through sport. He is a sports psychology lecturer in the University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine. In addition, he is a devoted supporter of WEMountain and a compelling and passionate speaker.

Robert Bolognesi is truly passionate about snow. As an avalanche specialist with doctorates in geography (Université Grenoble Alpes, 1991) and computer science (EPFL, 1999), he travels the Alps and mountain ranges around the world. In the 1980s, he helped develop ski resorts and has since created methods for publishing local avalanche bulletins, improved road safety (through his Meteorisk consulting firm) and laid the groundwork for whole areas of study in applied snow and avalanche modeling.

Before you rush headlong into snow-covered backcountry, let’s pause for a moment and chat about something crucial: Does your gear align with your skills and project? Because, let’s acknowledge it: the wrong gear can turn your epic snow day into a chilly disaster.

Born in La Chaux de Fonds, in the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Marc-Antoine Schaer belongs to a generation that grew up on skis and snowboards. He came to mountaineering as a teenager and developed a passion for the Patrouille des Glaciers race, competing at a high level in eight editions. He invented and marketed Alpride, one of the world’s best-selling avalanche airbag systems.