There were ten fatalities in nine avalanche incidents – well below the 20 ... by “well below average” snow depths throughout Switzerland due to low precipitation. In mid-April, for example ...

A weekend of tragedy in the Swiss Alps left six people dead due to mountain accidents, including five near Zermatt and a ...

FIVE dead skiers have been found by rescuers near a luxury holiday resort in Switzerland ... at different points of the glacier, on top of avalanche debris. These points were all high altitude ...

Avalanche rescue dogs and firefighting personnel were also involved in the operation, the daily said. Switzerland's public prosecutor said it was investigating the accident, as it occurred outside ...

spontaneous avalanches are to be expected," the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, or SLF, said. Before Monday, 14 people had died in 12 avalanches and accidents in Switzerland so far this ...

Sophie Hediger, who competed in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, died in an avalanche in Arosa, Switzerland, according to the police and the Swiss ski federation. By Michael Levenson Sophie Hediger ...

Olympian snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche in her home country of Switzerland on Monday. Hediger, 26, was ...

DURING the War of 1914-18 the number of avalanche fatalities among the armies in alpine regions was very high ; in the period between the two wars, the influx of winter visitors to the Alps was ...