Pro Snowboarding Veteran Xavier De Le Rue Shares Message of the “Giant Trap” After Verbier Avalanche Buries 5 Amid Deadly Week Across the Alps

Pro Snowboarding Veteran Xavier De Le Rue Shares Message of the “Giant Trap” After Verbier Avalanche Buries 5 Amid Deadly Week Across the Alps

View this post on Instagram Freeride legend Xavier De Le Rue is sounding the alarm after an avalanche swept through a heavily trafficked area in Verbier last Friday the 13th—part of a deadly stretch of days that showed firsthand just how unstable the Alpine snowpack remains this winter. In a widely shared social media post, De Le Rue described the slide occurring on what many riders consider the most coveted conditions: a sunny powder day immed…