Avalanche close to the col d’Izoard

A women in her forties, resident of the Alpes de Haute-Provence, has been seriously injured by an avalanche in the Haute-Alpes. The slide carried the woman some 300 meters down the slope. The accident occured yesterday morning at 10h30 around 2500 meters altitude above the col d’Izoard close to Briancon.

The CRS des Alpes came to the scene by helicopter. The victim was found using the signal from her avalanche transceiver after around 30 minutes under the snow. She was with two other people at the time of the avalanche, neither of her friends were hurt by the slide. The avalanche risk was 2 (Moderate) on a scale of 5 but the strong winds over the previous days had lead to the accumulation of snow in some sectors. It is believed that the group triggered one of these snow slabs.

On Friday a party of three young climbers, two residents of Grenoble were killed after loosing their footing on the Mayer Dibona in the Ecrins mountains.

Posted by on Sunday, 08 April, 2007 at 04:26 AM

Our colleagues at Kairn.com
have informed us that the victim died on Sunday from her injuries. She was Marie-Laure Béghin, a well known and talented climber who scored some notable results in international competition towards the end of the 1990s. She was 41 years old.

Posted by davidof on Saturday, 14 April, 2007 at 05:56 PM

Carole Bacle has written about her son Antonin who died climbing with his friends on the Mayer Dibona.

A life full of promise - link in French

Posted by davidof on Tuesday, 17 April, 2007 at 04:14 PM