The deaths came despite alerts from the weather service of a high risk of avalanches and warnings against off-piste skiing. And a 32-year-old off-piste skier died after being caught in an avalanche at Vallorcine in the Haute-Savoie département of the Alps, the local gendarmerie said Sunday. Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps on Saturday. French weather forecasters had warned of a high risk of avalanches this weekend. Officials in the Savoie area recorded at least six avalanches in the department's ski areas on Sunday morning.

Source: The Local January 11, 2026 14:12 UTC