Valais, Switzerland – On January 6, 2017 two skiers were skiing a NE facing couloir on the Tita Seri (2851 meters) above the village of Ovronnaz in the municipality of Leytron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland when one of the skiers, a 28-year-old French national, was caught, buried, and killed in an avalanche.
The avalanche was triggered at 2460 meters during the skier’s descent. It measured 12 meters wide by 400 meters long. Authorities were notified of the incident. Before the rescuers could reach the accident site, another group of skiers initiated a rescue. They found the victim buried 3 meters deep. He did not survive.
SLF.ch reports the avalanche danger at the time was 3 out of 5 (considerable). SLF.ch posted a map of the avalanche accident location here.
This is the 1st avalanche fatality in Switzerland during the 2016/2017 hydrological year.
We will try to update this post when more information is available.
Read more about the avalanche on Tita Seri in Valais, Switzerland from the following sources:
- SLF.ch
- Tio.ch
- Bluewin.ch
- 1815.ch
- LeNouvelListe.ch
- SwissInfo.ch
All information in this post was found using Google Translate. There may be errors in this information. Please use the sources listed above to verify all facts.
