At 1130 yesterday in Chandolin, one of our neighbouring villages, two teen’s from Geneva were caught in a avalanche. One was able to free himself from the snow while the other was recovered with serious injury by a rescue team from a metre of snow. The slide occurred near the Illhorn poma lift on what’s a fairly popular slope a few metres from the piste and frequently skied. Neither teenager was equipped with an avalanche transceiver and the rescue response included two helicopters from Air Glaciers and 7 dog handlers.
Additionally, the local police are reporting the avalanche at 300m long and 20m wide and that the second casualty was recovered at 1300 and airlifted to hospital.
and there’s a photo from the local police