The Annecy tourist office has published a new map for paraglider and hang glider pilots.

Col de Bleyne, is at risk of closure if a proposed wind farm gets the go-ahead

Mont Blanc has been remeasured by a group of French scientists and found to be 4,810m instead of 4,807.

360-degree view of an autumnal Lake Annecy from onboard a paramotor with ITV

Nicolas Bernhard and Elisa Houdry are the French paragliding champions for 2011

It’s here! Classic Routes is the beautiful new paragliding and hang gliding book from the makers of XCmag

With only a few days until the Coupe Icare film festival, the film entries have been announced.

France’s Jean-Marc Caron has won the paragliding pre-Europeans

August 2011 has seen high cloudbases in the Alps. Five pilots top-landed Mont Blanc on Sunday.

The St Gervais Mont Blanc paragliding club’s 4807 Flying Light hike-and-fly week runs from 4 – 9 October 2011.

The seventh edition of the Raid Chamois paraglider adventure race takes place in the Annecy area of France on Saturday 8 October.

The last day meant fantastic flights for some, and all day on foot for others. The winner, Antoine Giraud, completed the entire tour and flew into goal with five minutes to spare.

After yesterday’s disappointing and frustrating day, I’d hoped today would be extra good. The morning was sunny and cloudless, except for the pileus hat on Mont Blanc

“My day has gone from bad to worse. Wish I’d done what I’d wanted to. Now set myself back hours and hours of walking ☹ not fun any more”

Day three is over, so we are halfway through the Airtour, timewise if not distance-wise. The car is doubling up as a fairly ineffective drying room after last night’s downpour soaked everything, and is starting to smell like a cheese factory

We woke to a grey sky with the odd shower coming through but still the hope it would be flyable from the top of Colombier…

Charlie King flies and walks 36km on her first day of the 289km adventure race.

Bleary eyed competitors gathered on the north launch at St Hilaire this morning for the start of the 2011 St Hil’Airtour.

Charlie King reports from the start of the 289km adventure race

The car’s packed and we’re off up to St Hilaire for the start of the Airtour.