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Another Brit Killed in Horror Avalanche Just Days After Double Tragedy
Two skiers died off-piste near La Grave amid a high avalanche risk rated 4 out of 5, raising winter fatalities in the French Alps to 27, officials said.
- On Tuesday, an avalanche near La Grave in Hautes‑Alpes killed two skiers, according to the prosecutor's office.
- Météo France had rated the La Grave area 'strong' for avalanches, 4 out of 5, as fresh snow and wind raised the hazard; the victims were skiing off‑piste despite warnings urging skiers to stick to pistes.
- A party of five skiers, including a professional guide who was injured, was caught in the slide while two other skiers, unharmed, escaped and Gendarmerie de Haute‑Montagne de Briançon crews could not revive the two victims.
- The fatalities push this season's avalanche toll to 27, with most deaths since January including six killed over one weekend in mid-January during the 2025/6 ski season.
- Days after a separate deadly slide near Val d'Isère, another avalanche struck during France's busy February school holiday period with no indication of victims' nationalities.
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An avalanche took two off-piste skiers to La Grave, in the Hautes-Alpes. A guide was also injured Two off-piste skiers died Tuesday morning in an avalanche in the Hautes
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An avalanche in the mountains near the resort town of La Grave in the French Alps today killed five skiers, killing two, French authorities said. One skier was injured, the French news agency AFP reported.
The incident took place on Tuesday 17 February, in the morning, at La Grave, a commune in the Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur).
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