Bern, Switzerland – On Friday, January 19, 2018 a 67-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman were caught, buried, and killed in an avalanche while ski touring near Seechäle in the St. Stephan parish in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
On Saturday evening, the pair was reported missing and a search was initiated. The victims were located on Sunday afternoon. It is believed that they had started there ski tour from Turbach in Saanen when they were caught in the slide. A photo of the avalanche can be found on Nau.ch.
Lawis.at the avalanche occurred on 2018-01-19 at 12:00 in St. Stephan in Switzerland. They report a Lat/Long of 46.4814° N / 7.3705° E. This is north aspect at 1740 meters. The size 2 slab avalanche caught, buried and killed two individuals.
SLF.ch reports that the avalanche occurred at 1740 meters on a north aspect near St. Stephan in Bern. They report the avalanche danger as 3/5.
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See Also: Global Avalanche Accidents 2017/2018
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