This Saturday, December 10, an avalanche was triggered in Vars, in the Hautes-Alpes, carrying a 55-year-old skier, who was evolving off-piste.
The risk of avalanche is particularly high at the moment, due to the recent heavy snowfalls, particularly in the Hautes-Alpes, which Météo France has also placed on alert, indicating a “high risk of triggering an avalanche by skiers in the Southern Alps and southern Isère”.
This Saturday, December 10, a skier paid the price. An avalanche was indeed triggered in the Chabrières sector in Vars, at the level of a track closed to the public, indicate our colleagues from the Dauphine.
Risk 4 out of 5
His wife, at the foot of the track, quickly alerted the emergency services. According to information collected by Provencethe man was moving off-piste, without an avalanche victim detector (DVA), safety equipment allowing the rapid location of a skier caught in a slide.
“The avalanche risk was 4 out of 5, we had posted it everywhere, what more do you want to do? commented to our colleagues the ski area director who added that “the mountain is dangerous , it snowed yesterday…”