"Two British skiers who died in an avalanche in the French Alps have been named as Stuart Leslie and Shaun Overy. The pair were part of a group of five people, accompanied by an instructor, skiing off-piste in Val d'Isere in south-east France on Friday when they were swept away by falling snow. A French national who was skiing alone was also killed, while another British skier survived."
"Paying tribute to Leslie on social media, friend Craig Hunter said: We have lost a true legend our beautiful Stuart. He lived life to the absolute maximum he packed 10 men's lives into one. He squeezed everything out of every moment. When we skied together, he was at his happiest. He always said there was no better feeling in life, skiing fresh powder was pure freedom."
Two British skiers, Stuart Leslie (46) and Shaun Overy (51), died after being swept away by an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Val d'Isere in south-east France. The pair were part of a group of five accompanied by an instructor; a French national skiing alone also died and another British skier survived. France's national weather service issued a red alert for avalanche risk on Thursday, only the third time the warning has been used in 25 years. The ski instructor was uninjured and tested negative for drugs. An Albertville prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation. The incident follows other recent fatal avalanches and unstable snow across the Alps.
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