The prefecture announced that two climbers died in an avalanche at the Pic du Midi, reported BFM TV. Earlier, the high mountain CRS had reported that three people had been buried under an avalanche Sunday morning at the Pic du Midi, one of them, aware, had then alerted the emergency. The person who was able to raise the alarm at 8 am 35 Sunday was localized and had to be hoisted, according to CRS.
The bad weather
The three hikers were buried in the northeast corridor of the Pic du Midi, where weather conditions are poor with fog, strong winds and risks of significant suravalanche, told Agence France Presse a spokesman Gavarnie CRS platoon ( Haute-Pyrénées).
with the help of avalanche dogs, CRS, in charge of relief this week, have been fielded. “The group was in the hallway of the bins, northeast of the solid side” when the avalanche was triggered shortly before 9 am, according to France 3 Sud.
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