'Calm down! Just breathe!' Incredible new footage shows moment avalanche blasts Brits as they queue for ski lift alongside terrified children and other UK tourists
On the footage, urgent cries of 'calm down' can be heard, while a man repeatedly says: 'Get down'. Children can be heard crying in panic as Ms Halford tells them to remain calm and 'just breathe' as the crowd waited for the snow to pass over. 'And then all of a sudden, the cloud, the snow from the aftermath of the avalanche was just getting closer and closer. The ski lift had paused obviously because of all of the snow that had come over us.' The majority of fatal winter sports accidents in France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy occur off-piste rather than on secured runs.
Source: Daily Mail February 18, 2026 20:09 UTC
