Overview
- Authorities confirmed a 32-year-old off‑piste skier was swept away in the La Plane sector of Montgenèvre, and his companion was uninjured.
- The prosecutor described it as an avalanche of very large amplitude, with the CRS Alpes de Briançon leading the investigation and an autopsy planned.
- On the same day, a 38-year-old ski tourer was killed in a separate Belledonne (Isère) slide, according to the CRS des Alpes.
- The Hautes‑Alpes have recorded three avalanche deaths in three days and five since the start of 2026, according to local reporting and officials.
- Météo France keeps the regional risk at level 3, and outlets note roughly twenty skiers have died in avalanche incidents across the Alps this season.