From there, keen skiiers will be able to board their transfer to eight popular ski destinations, including Courchevel, Les ...

The Savoie region has since been placed under an orange avalanche alert by Météo France, with warnings of more snow and high risk in the coming days. Val Thorens and the neighbouring resort of ...

According to the France Bleu radio network, the Briton was staying with friends at the UCPA centre in Val Thorens. Local media said there was only one person injured in the avalanche and the ...

Val Thorens as seen during more typical ski season ... ‘We are supporting the family of a British man who died in France and are in contact with the local authorities.’ Earlier this year ...

Atout France looks back at a banner 2024At the annual Rendez-Vous en France trade show, the DMO celebrates the blockbuster success of the Paris Games. Advice for traveling in fraught timesThe ...

A Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who died in France and are in contact with the local authorities.” ...

The man, 27, was near the roadside at the Val Thorens resort when he was swept ... Heavy snow blocks Alpine resorts in Switzerland and France His family is being supported by local services ...

A British man who was buried alive in a massive avalanche that propelled him more than a dozen metres across the ground has died after he suffered a heart attack. They pulled the man, who had ...

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In Baqueira-Beret, Spain, he placed sixth. Then, in Val Thorens, France, he crashed. Another crash followed at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, British Columbia, when Ho's ski released unexpectedly.

The avalanche occurred at Val Thorens ski resort, in the Savoie region of south-west France, shortly after 10am on Thursday, local prosecutor Benoît Bachelet said in a statement. The man, who had been ...