Most winter sports enthusiasts in Switzerland heed the advice to ski only on the ‘official’ slopes for safety reasons, but some will still venture into a dangerous off piste terrain despite the risks.

Two separate avalanches killed five skiers across the French Alps on Wednesday, according to several news reports. Four of ...

Two separate avalanches killed five skiers across the French Alps on Wednesday, according to several news reports. Four of the deceased — all Norwegians — were caught in an avalanche at Val-Cenis.

A skier has tragically passed away in a "very large" avalanche in the French Alps. The 55-year-old died after being swept away by an avalanche in an off-piste sector in the Chamonix valley ...

A man died in a "very large" avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday, local officials have confirmed. The body of the dual Brazilian-Portuguese national was found in the resort of Les Grands ...

A gendarme of the French "Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne" (High Mountain Police Squad, PGHM) takes part in an avalanche search and rescue training, near Briancon in the French Alps on ...

A British skier has died following a “very large” avalanche in the French Alps. The 55-year-old man was found in the snow in an off-piste sector in a valley in Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc.

Four Norwegians and a Swiss woman were reportedly killed in avalanches while skiing off-piste in the French Alps on Wednesday ... that was swept away by an avalanche in Val-Cenis in the ...

A man died in a "very large" avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday, local officials have confirmed. The body of the dual Brazilian-Portuguese national was found in the resort of Les Grands Montets ...

In the Savoie region of the French Alps, four Norwegian skiers lost their lives in the Val-Cenis area. The group of seven skiers was on an off-piste tour when a massive avalanche struck ...