A British snowboarder has died after plunging 330 feet from a rocky ledge in an off-piste area near the La Plagne ski resort in the French Alps. Meanwhile, an alpinist in the area reported a grim discovery to mountain rescue after finding a victim off-piste. Meanwhile, since the start of the season, avalanches have killed more than 30 people in France, including six during a weekend on January 10 and 11. On February 17, a British man died in the Alps after an avalanche hit a group of five off-piste skiers and their guide near a French resort. The deaths came just days after two other British skiers as well as a French national were killed in an avalanche in the upmarket French Alpine resort of Val d’Iserethe previous week.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2026 06:47 UTC