A terrifying avalanche buried a 50-year-old British skier under 8 feet of snow while he was skiing off-piste in the French Alps.
An avalanche at a popular French ski resort claimed the life of a British skier.
The man, in his 50s, was found under 2.5 meters (eight feet) of snow after about an hour of searching.
More than 50 rescue workers were deployed to search for him.
Unfortunately, he could not be revived.
He was skiing off-piste, according to a statement issued by La Plagne ski resort in southeastern France.
Tragically, his death was one of three reported in three separate avalanches in the French Alps on Sunday.
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Yesterday, three other skiers died in similar incidents, bringing the weekend death toll to six.
Rescue teams recovered the body of another skier who was buried in an avalanche in Courchevel, the resort said, without giving further details.
And the local gendarmerie said on Sunday that a 32-year-old off-piste skier died after being caught in an avalanche in Vallorsin, in the Haute-Savoie region of the Alps.
Two separate avalanches killed three off-piste skiers in the French Alps on Saturday.
French weather forecasters warned of a high risk of avalanches this weekend.
Authorities in the Savoie region recorded at least six avalanches in the department’s ski areas on Sunday morning.
It happened after a British skier died of a heart attack while skiing the slopes in Italy.
The 49-year-old man was descending a slope on the North Clavier slope in Italy when his heart suddenly stopped beating.
The alpine tragedy occurred at about 10.50 am on 4 January when a man fell without warning.
Local media reports indicate that ski patrol teams launched an immediate response, performing emergency CPR on Brittain and using a defibrillator.
A helicopter rescue team from Azienda Zero also arrived at the scene, as access to the location was difficult on the slope.
Despite their best efforts, Brittany was pronounced dead at the scene.
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