Avalanches > Accident Statistics > French Avalanche and Off-Piste Accidents 2006 - 2007
The following table is a summary of the winter sports accidents recorded by PisteHors.com for the 06-07 season. This covers a nivological year, from the 1st October 2006 to the 30th September 2007. It is just a small cross section of off-piste and winter sports accidents although the figures for avalanche fatalities is complete.
An analysis of backcountry and off-piste accidents for the season is available for download.
| Date | Injuries | Deaths | Range | Department | Location | Experience | Activity | Cause | Remarks | Rescue | Nationality | Time | altitude | Aspect | Risk |
| 19/Nov/2006 | 0 | 1 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Tignes/Leisse | Skiing | Fall | German | 13h00 | 2700 | N/W | ||||
| 24/Dec/2006 | 1 | 0 | Champsaur | Hautes-Alpes | Vallon de la Coupa | Local | Ski touring | Avalanche | Eye Witness/Beacon | French | 11h00 | 2000 | 2 | ||
| 2/Jan/2007 | 0 | 1 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Les Arcs 1950 | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | no beacon, disorientated | Visual | French | 13h30 | 2100 | E | 3 | |
| 3/Jan/2007 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Grand Montets/Lavancheur | Local | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | no beacon | Probe | French | 11h30 | 2700 | NW | 4 |
| 3/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Tignes/Toviére | Local | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | no beacon | Dog | 13h30 | 2700 | E | 4 | |
| 3/Jan/20067 | 1 | 0 | Vanoise | Savoie | Meribel/Côte Brune | Local | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | no beacon, 70 mins under slide | Probe Line | French | 13h00 | 2500 | N/E | 4 |
| 3/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Vanoise | Savoie | Courchevel/Rocher de l.Ombre | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | ski visible | eye-witnesses | 2400 | N/E | 4 | |||
| 3/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Val d'Isère/Spatule | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | under 1m50 | Probe line | 16h45 | 2600 | NE | 4 | ||
| 3/Jan/2007 | 0 | 2 | Queyras | Hautes-Alpes | lac de Souliers | Experienced | Ski Touring | Avalanche | wearing beacons | PGHM | French | 12h30 | 2400 | E | 4 |
| 3/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Ecrins | Hautes-Alpes | Serre Chevalier /Couloir de Balme | Off Piste skiing | Avalanche | Group of 7 | Self/PGHM | Swedish | 4 | ||||
| 5/Jan/2007 | 2 | 0 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Tignes/Chardonnet | Piste Patrollers | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | Eye witnesses/Beacons | French/American | 12h00 | 2500 | N/E? | 3 | |
| 5/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Maurienne | Savoie | Bonneval/pointe d.Andagne | Off Piste Snowboarding | Avalanche | Piste Patrol | 2600 | 3 | |||||
| 6/Jan/2007 | 0 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | Vaujany/Couloir Perrin | Ski Competition | Ski Touring | Avalanche | 1 buried, no serious injuries | Self/Beacons | French | 10h00 | 2300 | N/W | 3 |
| 7/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | Alpe d'Huez/Macle | Off Piste snowboarding | Avalanche | carried over cliffs | PGHM/Securite Civile | French | 12h30 | 2500 | 3 | ||
| 10/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Haute-Tarentaise | Savoie | Val d'Isere/Manchet | with instructor | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | 16h00 | 2700 | 3 | ||||
| 15/Jan/2007 | 0 | 1 | Maurienne | Savoie | Val-Frejus | Off Piste Skiing | Collision | collided with snow canon | 13h00 | - | |||||
| 24/Jan/2007 | 1 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | l'Alpe d'Huez | Off Piste Snowboarding | Fall | Sprained Ankle | |||||||
| 27/Jan/2007 | 0 | 1 | Ecrins | Hautes-Alpes | Pelvoux | Ski Touring | Avalanche | Self/CRS | Italian | 13h00 | 2400 | 3 | |||
| 27/Jan/2007 | 2 | 1 | Cerdagne | Pyrenees Orientales | Porte-Puymorens | Climbing | Avalanche | CRS/Fire crew | Spanish | 15h00 | 2600 | E | 3 | ||
| 27/Jan/2007 | 0 | 2 | Beaufortain | Savoie | Grand Mont | Local Instructors | Ski Touring | Avalanche | carried over cliffs | French | 16h00 | 2400 | N/W | 3 | |
| 5/Feb/2007 | 1 | 0 | Oisans | Isere | Vallon de la Selle | Ski Touring | Fall | shoulder injury | CRS de Alpes | Swedish | PM | - | |||
| 9/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Chablais | Haute-Savoie | Flaine | Piste Patrol | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | with avalanche dog | Colleagues | French | 3 | |||
| 9/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Aravis | Haute-Savoie | La Clusaz/Col de Balme | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | carried 300m | remained on surface | 3 | |||||
| 11/Feb/2007 | 0 | 1 | Maurienne | Haute-Savoie | Val Frejus | Lyon | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | short fall close to run | French | PM | - | |||
| 12/Feb/2007 | 1 | 0 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Saint Nicolas de Véroce | Local/Young | Off-Piste Skiing | Avalanche | carried 200m | French | 4 | ||||
| 13/Feb/2007 | 1 | 0 | Vanoise | Savoie | les Menuires | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | - | |||||||
| 13/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | Vaujany/Perrins | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | 3 skiers | rode out slide | 4 | |||||
| 13/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | Auris/Cluy | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | self rescue | 4 | ||||||
| 13/Feb/2007 | 0 | 1 | Haute-Tarentaise | Savoie | Tignes/Grattalu | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | alone/terrain trap/no beacon | French | 12h00 | 2150 | 4 | |||
| 13/Feb/2007 | 0 | 1 | Haute-Tarentaise | Savoie | la Plagne/Aroles | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | alone/terrain trap/no beacon | Body visible on surface | British | PM | 2300 | 4 | ||
| 13/Feb/2007 | 0 | 1 | Maurienne | Savoie | le Corbier/Epaule | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | alone/no beacon/monoski | French | PM | 1800 | N/E | 4 | ||
| 15/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Pelvoux | Hautes-Alpes | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | no injuries | 2300 | E | 4 | |||||
| 15/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Thabor | Hautes-Alpes | Snowshoeing | Avalanche | no injuries | 2300 | E | 4 | |||||
| 15/Feb/2007 | 0 | 0 | Haute-Bigorre | Hautes-Pyrénées | la Mongie/la Coume | Ski Touring | Avalanche | 3 skiers | self - beacon | 2 | |||||
| 15/Feb/2007 | 0 | 1 | Crevoux | Hautes-Alpes | Pic Haut | Local | Ski Touring | Avalanche | no beacon | Probe Line | French | 16h00 | 2300 | 4 | |
| 17/Feb/2007 | 1 | 0 | Brianconnais | Hautes-Alpes | Cervières/Petit Peygu | Lyon | Ski Touring | Avalanche | beacon | French | 14h30 | 3 | |||
| 18/Feb/2007 | 0 | 1 | Queyras | Hautes-Alpes | Molines en Queyras/sommet de la Rua | Isere | Avalanche | French | 3 | ||||||
| 4/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Névache | Hautes-Alpes | Pointe Buffère | Ski Touring | Avalanche | very light injuries | self | Italien | 12h45 | ||||
| 4/Mar/2007 | 0 | 1 | Chartreuse | Isere | Monastere de Chalais | Local | Snow Shoeing | Fall | 15 meter fall | French | 12h00 | ||||
| 4/Mar/2007 | 0 | 2 | Pays d'Arves | Savoie | Tierres Vielles/Pic du Galibier | Lyon/Uni Mountaineering Club | Ski Touring | Avalanche | large avy | Beacons/Self/PGHM | French | 14h00 | 2500 | N | 4 |
| 4/Mar/2007 | 0 | 0 | Oisans | Isere | St Christophe en Oisans | Ski Touring | Avalanche | no serious injuries | PGHM | ||||||
| 4/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | col de l'Aigleton | Ski Touring | Fall | injured knee | PGHM | ||||||
| 6/Mar/2007 | 0 | 1 | Ubaye | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Lac Supériors de Marinet | Local/CAF | Ski Touring | Avalanche | 3 meters burial depth | Beacons/Self/PGHM | French | 13h45 | 2700 | 3 | |
| 8/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Oisans | Isere | Vallon du Selle | local | Ski Touring | Fall | CRS des Alpes | French | |||||
| 10/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Oisans | Isere | les Deux Alpes | Marseille | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | 15m fall - serious head injuries | CRS des Alpes | French | ||||
| 11/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | l'Alpe d'Huez | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | 40m fall over cliffs | Piste Patrol | ||||||
| 11/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Chartreuse | Isere | Col de Porte | Pyrenean | Ski Touring | Fall | Ski touring compet. | PGHM | French | ||||
| 11/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | Vaujany/Fare Couloir | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | Beacon | Guide/CRS des Alpes | 2700 | |||||
| 14/Mar/2007 | 1 | 0 | Oisans | Isere | les Deux Alpes | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | fall over cliffs - 70yrs old | Dutch | ||||||
| 18/Mar/2007 | 0 | 1 | Haute-Bigorre | Hautes-Pyrénées | la Mongie/Espade | Bordeaux | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | head collided with rock | PGHM | French | 12h00 | |||
| 26/Mar/2007 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Grands-Montets | Guide | Off-Piste Skiing | Fall | 30 meter fall | Piste Patrol | French | 2100 | 2 | ||
| 1/Apr/2007 | 2 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | Grande Lance/couloir diagonal | Experienced | Climbing | Avalanche | 300m fall | Securte Civile | French | 12h00 | 2200 | N/W | 3 |
| 6/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Grandes-Rousses | Isere | l'Alpe d'Huez/Chimneys | Off-Piste Skiing | Fall | Danish | W | ||||||
| 7/Apr/2007 | 0 | 1 | Briancon | Hautes-Alpes | col d'Izoard | Experienced | Ski Touring | Avalanche | 30m under snow | CRS des Alpes | French | 10h30 | 2500 | 2 | |
| 7/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Ecrins | Isere | couloir du col de la Lauze | Ski Touring | Fall | CRS des Alpes | German | 12h00 | |||||
| 7/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Grandes-Rousse | Isere | Grand Sablat | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | CRS des Alpes | British | 3000 | E | ||||
| 8/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Val d'Isere | Ski instructor | Off-Piste Skiing | Avalanche | small slide over rocks | British | 2 | ||||
| 8/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | Puy Gris | Ski Touring | Fall | dislocated shoulder | CRS | AM | 2600 | ||||
| 9/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Chamonix | Ski Touring | Avalanche/Seracs | buried 40 minutes in a rimaye | |||||||
| 11/Apr/2007 | 0 | 1 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Tignes/Grand Balme | Pro Skier | Off-Piste Skiing | Fall | Competition | Piste Patrol/PGHM | Swiss | 13h50 | |||
| 11/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Dent du Geant | with guide | Ski Touring | Fall | pre-release of binding | French | 14h00 | ||||
| 16/Apr/2007 | 0 | 1 | Ecrins | Isere | Col des Ecrins | CAF de Strasbourg | Ski Touring | Fall | witnesses/CRS | French | 14h00 | 3250 | W | ||
| 22/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Mont-blanc | Haute-Savoie | col du Maudit | Ski Touring | Avalanche/Seracs | PGHM | |||||||
| 27/Apr/2007 | 0 | 1 | Ecrins | Isere | Col des Ecrins | Ski Touring | Fall | Spanish | 3250 | W | |||||
| 28/Apr/2007 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Grands Montets | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | steep skiing | AM | 3000 | |||||
| 28/Apr/2007 | 1 | 0 | Aravis | Haute-Savoie | Combe de Marion | Ski Touring | Avalanche | PGHM | French | 2300 | |||||
| 29/Apr/2007 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | les Bosses | Ski Touring | Avalanche | PGHM | Finnish | 9h30 | 4500 | N | 1 | ||
| 3/June/2007 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Couloir des Cosmiques | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | PGHM | French | 11h00 | 3500 | W | |||
| 17/June/2007 | 1 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Mont-Blanc du Tacul | with guide who was killed | Climbing | Avalanche | PGHM | Swiss | 9h00 | 4100 | |||
| 29/Sep/ 2007 | 2 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | Lac du Crop | Climbing | Avalanche | PGHM | French | 2400 |
| Ski Touring | 10 |
| Off Piste Skiing | 5 |
| Snowboard Touring | 1 |
| Off Piste Snowboarding | 0 |
| Snowshoeing | 0 |
| Climbing | 3 |
| Walking | 0 |
| Skiing | 0 |
| Total for the season | 20 |
Last updated: 1st October 2007
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