Illustration of mountain rescue.
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His ski companion tried to rescue him from the deadly flow.
Without success.
A 52-year-old Briton who was ski touring died Wednesday afternoon in an avalanche in the Tarentaise massif in Savoy, we learned from mountain rescuers.
The tragedy took place in the Dou de Moûtiers sector at 2,400 meters above sea level, in the town of Notre-Dame-du-Pré where two cross-country skiers were evolving.
Twenty-two victims of avalanches in France in 2021
One of them was swept away by a snow flow about thirty meters wide, probably caused by the rupture of a wind slab, which swept over more than 200 meters, according to the PGHM of Chamonix. .
The victim was covered under a meter of snow.
The other skier managed to locate her and tried to extricate her without success.
When they arrived around 3:30 p.m. in a civil protection helicopter, the PGHM gendarmes were unable to revive him.
The other hiker, unharmed, was evacuated to Moutiers hospital.
The avalanche risk was 2 out of 5 on Wednesday in this part of the Savoyard massif.
The wind that has blown in this area in recent days could have caused snow displacements that favored the snow flow.
Since the start of the winter season, 22 people have died in avalanches in France, according to a count by the National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanches (Anena).
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