Three men and two women died this Monday in two fatal accidents due to snow avalanches that occurred in different areas of the French Alps, according to local media.
Three skiers died in the mountainous massif of Ecrins (Hautes Alpes), when fell from a height of 400 meters due to an avalanche produced at 3,765 meters of altitude, detailed the French newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré.
After the warning of two climbers, a platoon of the Briancon Gendarmerie went to the scene, where they discovered the partially lifeless bodies of the three climbers. buried by snow.
On the same morning, a group of four climbers were victims of another accident due to a snowfall in the valley of L'Oisans, also located in the Alps and about 70 kilometers from the accident in Ecrins.
Comment: Details of the other fatalities: Five killed in two snow avalanches in the French Alps
Some footage of the recent snowfall in the district of Savoie: