Avalanche Kills Backcountry Skier Between Courchevel And Meribel Near La Tania Ski Resort In The Savoy Region of France
Savoie, France – At approximately 1:30 PM on Saturday, February 13, 2016 an off-piste/backcountry skier died in an avalanche near La Tania at the Col de la Loze at approximately 2270 meters . This area is located between Courchevel and Maribel in Savoie, France.
According to France3, the victim was skiing alone and was not wearing an avalanche beacon. A British tourist responded and supplied first aid. Ski Patrol and the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon also responded and searched further to verify that there were no additional victims. MetroNews.fr, says the backcountry skier was a native of the area.
The avalanche near La Tania was triggered by a cornice failure and has been reported as 35m wide and 4m deep by LeDauphine.com. The avalanche danger at the time was 4 out of 5 on the avalanche danger scale.
We will try to update this post as more information becomes available. If there are any errors due to translation from sources, please let us know and we will correct.
UPDATE 2/16: Here are several other reports with photos about this avalanche accident:
(Map of Col de la Loze)
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Read more about the avalanche near Courchevel from these sources:
(All of these sources were translated to English via Google Chrome.)
