Buryatia, Russia – On Sunday, March 12, 2017 a French Mountain Guide was killed in an avalanche on Mount Mamai in the Kabansky District in the Republic of Buryatia in Russia.
Four skiers were caught in an avalanche while they were skiing on Mount Mamai. Three managed to escape the slide, but one individual was killed in the avalanche.
One of the skiers managed to alert authorities by phone. A search and rescue team from Baikal responded to the scene which was over 150km away. The group had not properly registered their activities with Russian authorities. Therefore authorities had no information on them.
We will try to update this post when more information is available.
UPDATE 3/14: The victim was identified as Bertrand David, a French Mountain Guide. (LeDauphine.com, France3-Regions.FranceTVInfo.fr, Estrepublicain.fr). These reports state that he was with 3 friends who were able ski out on their own. Rescuers recovered the body.
Read more about the avalanche on Mount Mamai in Buryatia, Russia from the following sources:
- IRK.ru
- Nation-News.ru
- Piterburger.ru
- NovayaGazeta.ru
- MCHS.gov.ru
- Interfax-Russia.ru
- Irk.kp.ru
- Vladtime.ru
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.
