swept away by an avalanche, a 44-year-old skier died

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A 44 year old woman died this Saturday, December 28, 2024 in an avalanche in the Norma ski area, in Savoie, while she was skiing off-pistelearned theAFP with the police.

The slide occurred shortly after noon at an altitude of more than 2,500 meters during the passage of a group of three skiers including the victim and her partner, theAFP a manager of the Haute-Montagne Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) of Bourg-Saint-Maurice, confirming information from France Bleu Pays-de-Savoie.

This tragedy occurs three days after another in the same region. This Wednesday, December 25, 2024, a 13-year-old teenager died after being swept away by an avalanche in the Les Arcs area. He also played off-piste.

Carried over 200 meters

The forty-year-old, a resident of the region, “was the only one to be carried by the avalanche for 200 meters before being dragged the same distance by an overavalanche which then completely buried it,” he added.

The victim, who was not wearing an avalanche victim detector (AVD), was located after an hour before being freed by six men from the Modane PGHM, who arrived quickly on the scene by helicopter. The skier could not be revived despite first aid,” according to the same source.

A “marked” risk of avalanches since December 24

In the Savoyard massifs, the avalanche risk has been “marked” since Tuesday (3 on a scale of 5), potentially causing spontaneous avalanches to start, according to the PGHM, which called on the public “to be really careful” before taking the skis.

This call for vigilance is added to that, Thursday, from the department prefecture the day after several other accidents linked to avalanches in the Savoyard massifs, very snowy in recent days, one of which killed a 13-year-old skier.

On Monday, still in Savoie, two teenagers aged 12 and 17, who were skiing off-piste with their father in Val d'Isère, were also swept away by an avalanche and injured.

Since the beginning of the year, at least 14 people died in France in avalanches, according to the National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanches (ANENA).

With AFP.

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