"A 60-year-old mountain guide was leading a group of five other skiers when they were caught by an avalanche in an off-piste sector of the La Plagne resort in the Savoie region around midday (1100 GMT) at an altitude of 2,600 metres (8,500 feet), the Savoie prefecture said. The guide died of cardiac arrest later Friday in hospital. A 50-year-old woman, also in the group, was being treated for multiple injuries, while two others were lightly injured."
"A second avalanche occurred hours later near the village of Valloire beneath Mount Jovet, at 2,300 metres altitude. Four cross-country skiers were swept away by the avalanche. One of them suffered cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated. Two others were slighty injured. Meanwhile a 40-year-old Italian cross-country skier was seriously injured in another avalanche, near Montgenevre, the local gendarmerie said."
Two avalanches struck winter resorts in the French Alps on Friday, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries. In La Plagne a 60-year-old mountain guide leading a group of five skiers was caught by an off-piste avalanche at about 2,600 metres; the guide later died of cardiac arrest in hospital, one woman sustained multiple injuries, and two others were lightly injured. Near Valloire beneath Mount Jovet at 2,300 metres four cross-country skiers were swept away; one suffered cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated, while two were slightly injured. A separate incident near Montgenevre seriously injured a 40-year-old Italian cross-country skier. Authorities warned that recent weather made conditions treacherous and reminded that 'low risk does not mean no risk.'
Read at The Local France
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