Hautes-Alpes: A climber dies in an avalanche (Illustration) -
CYRIL VILLEMAIN / 20 MINUTES
A 45-year-old mountaineer from the Var died Friday in an avalanche in the Hautes-Alpes, we learned from mountain rescue.
The victim was swept away in the Couleau valley, at 2,100 meters above sea level in the town of Châteauroux-les-Alpes, before falling of around one hundred meters in an ice chute, it was specified. .
Seventeen deaths in avalanches in France
The alert was given around 1:30 p.m. by a companion, found unscathed by the rescue services of the CRS Alpes based in Briançon.
Since the start of the winter season, 17 people have died in avalanches in France, according to a count by the National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanches.
The risk remains "marked", with a level 3 out of 5, above 2,000 meters in altitude on the Hautes-Alpes massifs.
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