The body of the hiker, who had been missing since Sunday at the Isola 2000 station (Alpes-Maritimes), was found this Monday around 10:30 a.m. He was located using a drone deployed by the national police.
The machine traced its footsteps left in the snow. A major search effort had been deployed to find her. A Civil Security helicopter has been flying over the area since Monday morning, noted Nice morning.
Gone alone
The victim had gone alone to go snowshoeing. Originally from Nice, she was 52 years old, according to the prosecution cited by BFM TV.
His cell phone stopped working late Sunday afternoon. Her relatives, worried about not seeing her return, had alerted the mountain CRS. The search was interrupted around 3:30 a.m. this Monday morning before resuming at 8 a.m.