LYON: Three separate avalanches killed three off-piste skiers in the French Alps on Sunday, resort officials said, a day after three skiers died in similar incidents, bringing the weekend toll to six.
The deaths came despite alerts from the weather service of a high risk of avalanches and warnings against off-piste skiing.
In one incident on Sunday, a British skier aged about 50 was buried while skiing off-piste, according to a statement released by La Plagne ski resort in southeastern France.
More than 50 rescuers were deployed, finding the man buried under 2.5 metres of snow after nearly an hour of searching, but he could not be resuscitated.
