“The investigative department in the city of Apatity is conducting a pre-investigation check into the death of a skier.

At the moment, it has been established that a group of three people from St. Petersburg was on the unequipped slope of the Aikuayvenchorr mountain, one skier was killed, "TASS reports.

The UK added that a forensic medical examination was appointed, the circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

Earlier, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported that a skier who had previously disappeared in the mountains in the Murmansk region was found dead,