A complicated and extensive search and rescue operation for a couple of missing snowshoers above the commune of Laus near Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes has recovered the bodies of the victims close to

25 avalanche victims so far this season in France. 11 in the Hautes-Alpes alone.

A ski instructor from la Plagne has triggered a large and deep avalanche in the Canadiens couloir on the North Face of the Bellecôte above the ski resort.

The body of a 30 year old season worker has been found by pisteurs at Val Thorens buried at the bottom of avalanche debris.

Five off piste skiers have been caught by an avalanche in the ski resort of Mourits in the Haute-Garonne department. The alert was given around 14h00.

A 68 year old ski instructor based in Aussois in the Maurienne area has been killed by an avalanche on Saturday while collecting data for the electricity supply network: ERDF.

A school group of 15 pupils and their teacher accompanied by a guide and assistant guide have been avalanched in the Vercors around midday today.

After a difficult search operation lasting all night the bodies of the six missing ski tourers have been found under an avalanche in the Ceillac area of the Hautes-Alpes.

A group of seven skiers have been involved in an avalanche incident near the Envers des Aiguilles sectors of the Vallée Blanche in the Mont-Blanc mountain range.

A snowshoer was killed yesterday by an avalanche in the Montcalm mountain range in the Pyrenees.