http://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2012/04/29/un-alpiniste-tue-par-une-avalanche

Sounds like a tragedy, despite the efforts by the PGHM, the weather stopped a helicopter evacuation.

Some details from the S&A thread here: http://pistehors.com/news/forums/viewthread/1194/P30/#4123

sounds nasty

must have been awful in the hut,

but was it really a good day to be out climbing?