They were buried under two and a half metres.. 3 skiers were killed in the French Alps
Three skiers were killed in two avalanches in Saturday, according to what local officials announced.
In a first incident, two French skiers died off the track as a result of an avalanche in Skiing accidents in the French Alps The two men were buried under two and a half meters of snow. A statement said that members of their group raised the alarm, but rescuers were unable to revive them. About 60 kilometers away, another avalanche swept two skiers off the trail in the Arèche-Beaufort resort, a local official told AFP. One of the skiers could not be revived, while the second was taken to hospital suffering from serious head injuries, according to regional official Jean-Pierre Mirabell. French meteorologists had warned of the risk of on the weekend. The two skiers who died in Valdisere were not equipped with avalanche transceivers, and were found thanks to their mobile phones.Avalanches
