Savoy: a skier dies in an avalanche in Bessans

He was skiing off-piste when he was hit by an avalanche at an altitude of 2,900 meters: A skier has died in France. He is the fifth person to die within five days.

One skier died today in an off-piste avalanche in the French Alps, in the town of Besans at an altitude of 2,900 meters, local authorities announced.

Several skiers died this week in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, carried away by avalanches in off-road areas.

A cross-country skier died Sunday in an off-track avalanche in Bessans (Savoie), under the tip of Andagne at 2,900 m above sea level, we learned from the emergency services....

The 200-meter-wide flow started under Pointe d'Andagne, at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters.

The risk of avalanches has been marked in recent days in the northern Alps, where a total of seven people died in avalanches last week A cross-country skier has died