Event Previews & Reviews from Avoriaz

Le Tour de France 2016 kicked off last Saturday with stage one and the 'Grand Depart' being hosted by the stunning island community of Le Mont Saint Michel.

Chris Froome won his third Criterium du Dauphine race yesterday as the race came to a conclusion in Superdévoluy.

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

Avoriaz hosts some great events each winter, from an epic opening day, to a whole host of music festivals, there's plenty to look forward to this winter.

So far we've seen not only some fantastic racing, stunning scenery and nail-biting sprints from the 2016 Tour de France, but we've witnessed several unusual crashes, the yellow jersey literally running up Mont Ventoux and more than one incident of an over-enthusiastic fan causing disruption.

Take a look at what's coming up on the events calendar this week, including RedBull crashed Ice riders cup and plenty more..

It’s a new year and the town and the slopes are quieter, it’s one of the best times to visit.

December is when the ski lifts prepare to open and the Christmas holidays are on the horizon.

It's the school holidays, the resort is full of families and it's getting a little warmer.

Katie Summerhayes from Sheffield is back on snow for the first time since her ACL injury. She talks about the freeski scene to come out of Sheffield Ski Village and how Woodsy helped to push her when she started out on the European circuit.

There's a lot going on this week with some great events, live music and apres ski parties.

Murray Buchan a skier who grew up on the finger-snapping plastic of Edinburgh's Hillend made a choice to ski rather than play rugby and hopefully that choice will take hi to an Olympic medal.

Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders. 

Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2016 took the riders from Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to Finaut-Emosson on the Swiss-French border, just around the corner from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

Billy Morgan is one of the Britian's best chances of a Freestyle snowboarding medal at the Sochi Olympics.

How the team trains for the Olympics and how they came to be a team in the first place.

Spring is in the air as we enjoy longer sunnier days. Don't forget your sunscreen!