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Avalanche at the backside of Mont Fort on Monday, 17.02.2014

Avalanche at the backside of Mont Fort on Monday, 17.02.2014

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Started by Verbier_ski_bum in Avalanche Safety - 2 Replies

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Verbier_ski_bum posted Feb-2014

One person died
http://www.policevalais.ch/communiques-pour-les-medias/nendaz-lawinenopfer-ausserhalb-der-pisten/

Billip1
reply to 'Avalanche at the backside of Mont Fort on Monday, 17.02.2014'
posted Feb-2014

21 years old. Tragic.

Verbier_ski_bum
reply to 'Avalanche at the backside of Mont Fort on Monday, 17.02.2014'
posted Feb-2014

I was little bit shocked to read that they were caught out there so late in the afternoon. Definitely not the place to be after 1pm on a bluebird day after heavy snowfall. Possibly they were staying in Siviez area and got stuck on Verbier side so decided to make their way on skis as it's an expensive ride back...

Topic last updated on 18-February-2014 at 14:23