Friday, 29 March, 2002
Resort Worker killed in Freak Accident
A resort worker was killed early on Friday morning in the Cote de Deux Mille ski area near Villard de Lans in the Vercors massif. The accident followed a party for pisteurs and season workers in a mountain restaurant.
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Tuesday, 26 March, 2002
Mont Blanc Tunnel Woes
We have a round-up of the woes surrounding the repairs to the Mont Blanc tunnel after the disastrous fire in 1999 that killed 37 people.
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Thursday, 07 March, 2002
Missing Val d’Isère skiers found dead
The bodies of the remaining five skiers were recovered in Val d’Isère today. They had been skiing the popular off piste itinerary: the tour du Charvet. The skiers had been hit by a large avalanche near the exit from a narrow valley. They were buried to a depth of 6 meters.
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Wednesday, 06 March, 2002
1 dead 5 missing in Val d’Isère Avalanche
A search for five missing skiers from the Lyon in France will resume tomorrow in the Manchet valley in a zone at 2,100 meters altitude after the body of one of the missing had been located at nightfall.
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Sunday, 03 March, 2002
Two die in Arcs Avalanche
An avalanche killed two skiers close to the piste in Les Arcs at 13h40 yesterday. The skiers were part of two groups, one of four skiers and the other of eight who were off-piste in the Grand Col sector of les Arcs. The avalanche was between 2700 - 2800 meters altitude and caught four skiers. Two were rescued alive.
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Thursday, 28 February, 2002
Ski Instructor Killed in Vars Avalanche
A ski instructor was killed by an at 13h00 avalanche while skiing off-piste in Vars in the Hautes Alpes. The victim was in his sixties and died from his injuries in Briançon hospital. The man was found unconscious after having been dug out of the slide where he had been buried for 30 minutes.
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Monday, 25 February, 2002
Pisteur Killed in Tignes
A pisteur-artificier was killed at Tignes on Monday morning when he was caught by an avalanche on a slope he had just tried to clear with explosive. The victim was 27 years old, married and came from the Gard department.
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Sunday, 24 February, 2002
4 die in Separate Avalanche Incidents
There were 4 deaths in separate incidents the French Alpes over the weekend with an avalanche risk of 4 posted in the Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Isère, Ecrins (la Grave) and 3 in the Hautes-Alpes.
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Wednesday, 20 February, 2002
Fresh Snowfall and High Avalanche Risk
Fresh snowfall in the Alpes over the next two days. Coupled with an 80km/h South-Westerly wind expect significant snow loading on north and east facing slopes, with a saturated base below 1400 meters.
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Tuesday, 19 February, 2002
Helicopter Crash at Flaine
A rescue helicopter crashed during an airlift of a female Dutch skier near to ski pistes at Flaine at midday today. The four occupants, including the injured skier, were killed on impact
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