fatalities in the mountains in Chamonix and La Clusaz – francetv info

This Sunday, April 10th in the morning, a climber died on the way down from the Aiguille green, in the Mont-Blanc. A hiking skier himself has been the victim of a fatal fall in La Clusaz.

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• published 04/10/2016 | 3:45 p.m., updated 04/11/2016 | 10:39

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This dramatic day in the mountains of Haute-Savoie started around 10:30. A German climber was down nearly 600 meters when he came down from the Aiguille Verte above Chamonix. These are the other members of the group of climbers with whom he moved that alerted rescuers Platoon Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne. A technical foul is the cause of this fatal fall.

Also in the morning, shortly after 10 am, a ski touring also died in the Aravis after jumping a rocky bar in the Combe sector Creuse between the Grand Bornand and La Clusaz.

in addition, the prognosis of a young victim of a heavy fall skier skiing on a track of the ski area of ​​Grands Montets near Chamonix, is engaged. The young man, who suffered a severe blow to the head, was taken urgently to the Annecy hospital.

In Savoy, another ski touring aged 60, died at 2,300 meters above sea level on the north face of Bellecôte, a known peak for skiing off-piste.