Avalanches > Accident Statistics > French Avalanche and Off-Piste Accidents 2007 - 2008
The following table is a summary of the winter sports accidents recorded by PisteHors.com for the 07-08 season. This covers a nivological year, from the 1st October 2007 to the 30th September 2008. 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 |
| 03/Dec/2007 | 0 | 2 | Ubaye | Alpes de Haute Provence | Col de Larche | Y | Snowboard Touring | Avalanche | on snowshoes | Beacon | Italian | Â | 2550 | NE | 3[1] |
| 23/Dec/2007 | 2 | 1 | Val Louron | Hautes-Pyrenees | Pic de Sarrouyes | Y | Ski Touring | Avalanche | Beacon | French | 2600 | 2 | |||
| 30/Dec/2007 | 2 | 0 | Vosges | Falimont couloir | Climbing | Avalanche | Surface | French | N | ||||||
| 30/Dec/2007 | 1 | 0 | Tignes | Savoie | Grande Motte | Y | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | CRS | ||||||
| 05/Jan/2008 | 0 | 1 | Abries | Hautes-Alpes | Col de Malaure | Y | Ski Touring | Avalanche | Â | Â Beacon | French | 2300 | NE | 3 | |
| 08/Jan/2008 | 1 | 0 | la Plagne | Savoie | Glaciers Lift | Y | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | French | 2300 | 3 | ||||
| 09/Jan/2008 | 0 | 1 | Tignes le Lac | Savoie | les Tufs | Y | Off Piste Snowboarding | Avalanche | Â | Â Â Beacon | New Zealand | Â | 2300 | Â W | 3 |
| 11/Jan/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Vallee Blanche | N | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | alone | Lithuanian | 2650 | ||||
| 12/Jan/2008 | 0 | 2 | Belledonne | Isere | lac du Crozet | Y | Ski Touring | Avalanche [2] | Â | Beacon | French | Â | 2000 | Â NE | 2-> 4 |
| 15/Jan/2008 | 1 | 1 | Vanoise | Savoie | la Norma/Vallon Saint Antoine | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | Beacon | French | 2600 | W | 4 | |||
| 3/Feb/2008 | 1 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | Grand Colon | Ski Touring | Avalanche | French | 1800 | N | |||||
| 4/Feb/2008 | 0 | 1 | Pra Loup | Langail valley | Y | Snowboarding | Exposure | alone | Surface | French | |||||
| 5/Feb/2008 | 0 | 1 | Val d'Isere | Isere | Bellevarde | Snowboarder | Fall | British | PM | N | |||||
| 8/Feb/2008 | 1 | 0 | Ecrins | Hautes-Alpes | la Grave/Freaux | N | Snowboarder | Exposure | alone | Belgium | PM | N | |||
| 10/Feb/2008 | 1 | 0 | Ecrins | Hautes-Alpes | col du Lauteret | Kitesurf | Collision | Italian | 2000 | ||||||
| 2/March/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Vallee Blanche | with guide | Off piste snowboarding | Crevasse Fall | on foot | PGHM | British | 11h30 | |||
| 13/March/2008 | 0 | 1 | Tarentaise | Savoie | Valmorel | Off piste snowboarding | Fall | German | |||||||
| 14/March/2008 | 1 | 1 | les Arcs | Savoie | Grandes Pentes | Off piste skiing | Avalanche | Surface | French | PM | 2800 | E | 3 | ||
| 14/March/2008 | 1 | 0 | Brevent | Haute-Savoie | On piste skiing | Avalanche | Surface | British | 2 | ||||||
| 14/March/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Vallee Blanche | Off piste skiing | Crevasse Fall | French | 13h30 | 3400 | |||||
| 14/March/2008 | 1 | 0 | les Karelis | Savoie | Grande Chible | Piste Patrol | Off piste snowboarding | Avalanche | Surface | French | 12h30 | 2900 | N | 3 | |
| 15/March/2008 | 0 | 2 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Aiguille du Gouter | Y | Ski Touring | Avalanche | Beacon | French | 2750 | N | 2 | ||
| 19/March/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | Vallee Blanche | Off piste snowboarding | Crevasse Fall | Russian | 2800 | ||||||
| 20/March/2008 | 2 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | Grand Sorbier | Y | Ski touring | Avalanche | Surface | French | 13h15 | 2300 | W | 2/3 | |
| 20/March/2008 | 0 | 4 | Bigore | Pic du Midi | Y | Climbing | Avalanche | Surface | French | PM | 2700 | W | 4 | ||
| 28/March/2008 | 1 | 0 | Belledonne | Isere | Vallorin couloir N | Y | Ski Touring | Avalanche | Surface | French | 2500 | NE | |||
| 5/April/2008 | 0 | 1 | Aravis | Haute-Savoie | Combe de Tardevant | Y/local | Ski Touring | Cornice rupture | 350m fall | PGHM | French | 13h15 | |||
| 15/April/2008 | 2 | 1 | Ubaye | Hautes-Alpes | le Germas | Y/local | Ski touring | Avalanche | fall over cliffs | Surface/Eye Witness/PGHM | French | 10h15 | 2650 | NE | 3 |
| 19/April/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mercantour | Alpes Maritimes | Combe des Gaisse | Y | Ski touring | Avalanche | Open 40° slope | ARVA/companion | French | 2750 | NW | 3 -> 4 | |
| 19/April/2008 | 2 | 0 | Grands Rousse | Isere | couloir des Pioches | Off Piste Skiing | Avalanche | Carried 80m over cliffs | Suface/Eye Witness | French | 12h00 | NE | 3 | ||
| 9/May/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mont-Blanc | Haute-Savoie | col des Droites | Y | Ski touring | Fall | PGHM | French | S | ||||
| 31/May/2008 | 0 | 1 | Mont Blanc | Haute-Savoie | col du Plan | Y | Ski touring | Avalanche | 40°/800 m fall | PGHM | French | 9h30 | 3400 | N | - |
| 4/June/2008 | 0 | 2 | Gavarnie | Haute-Pyrenees | Echelle des Sarradets | Walking | Avalanche | 30° - carried over cliffs | PGHM | British | PM | 2200 | N | - | |
| 14/June/2008 | 0 | 1 | les Deux Alps | Isere | vallon de la Selle | regular visitor | Off Piste Skiing | Fall | 100m/lost? | CRS des Alpes | French | PM | 2100 | ||
| 23/June/2008 | 0 | 1 | Neouvielle | Hautes Pyrenees | Pic d.Estaragne | Y | Ski Touring | Avalanche | carried 400m | PGHM | Spanish | 10h30 | 2800 | NE | - |
| 24/August/2008 | 8 | 8 | Mont Blanch | Haute-Savoie | Mont Blanc du Tacul | with guides | Climbing | Avalanche | triggered by serac | PGHM | Mixed | 03h00 | 3600 | N | - |
[2] Suspected avalanche.
| Ski Touring | 10 |
| Off Piste Skiing | 3 |
| Snowboard Touring | 2 |
| Off Piste Snowboarding | 0 |
| Snowshoeing | 0 |
| Climbing | 12 |
| Walking | 2 |
| Skiing | 0 |
| Total for the season | 29 |
Last updated: 14th June 2008
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