Police in Valais state added the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the famed Aletsch Glacier in southern Switzerland to the Fiescheralp area. Rescuers stand near the avalanche site (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)Another group saw the avalanche and alerted rescuers, who recovered two of the skiers alive on Saturday evening and found the bodies of the other three.

Source: Irish Independent April 02, 2018 06:11 UTC