According to this report, the number killed in avalanches (I am assuming in France) this year was 13, the lowest for 37 years.

http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/2012-05-29.htm

Yes it is a good result (well not for the 13 who died and others who were injured of course). Late snowfalls and in quantity meant a small temperature gradient in the snowpack so a weak layer at the base of the snow didn’t form or was well bridged. February saw fairly stable conditions and March was very warm with no snow which stabilised the snow pack. What we did see were a lot of full depth avalanches in both Switzerland and France with quite a lot of infrastructure damage. This was due to the first snows falling directly on warm slopes.

Hasn’t the French avalanche report\overview been published by now ?  There is usually a link of Pistehors but I’ve not seen it this year.

Good point, I was just looking at some information on the wet snow avalanches we had this winter. I will put up a report by the week-end.

Cheers