Savoie, France – On Friday, January 20, 2017 a 46-year-old Canadian ski tourer was killed in an avalanche near Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise in Savoie, France.
The skier was in a group of three. The other two skiers were uninjured. The accident occurred while the skier was descending the slope below the Col de l’Argentiere near the Archeboc at roughly 2100 meters. The avalanche danger at the time was 2 out 5 (Moderate).
There were very few details are available about this avalanche. Please do your own research before quoting this post.
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Read more about the avalanche in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, France from the following sources:
- LeDauphine.com
- France3-Regions-FranceTVInfo.fr
- PisteHors.com
- Lessentiel.lu
- Valdinet.com
- Dici.fr
- Leparisien.fr
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