An avalanche in France has left four skiers dead and five missing after a mass of snow swept them away in the resort of Tignes. Resort workers reportedly witnessed the disaster, which struck an ...

Tignes, which is located in South Eastern France, is close to the Italian border. Three snowboarders and their guide died at the resort after being hit by an avalanche on February 13 .

They had been walking off piste - snowboards in hand - with a guide near the main Tignes slopes when the avalanche hit, Martrenchard said, adding that they were equipped with locator devices.

Ahead of the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, IPC Photographer Luc Percival goes behind the scenes as a massive snowstorm hits the French resort. “I am just going outside and may be some ...

Last month four snowboarders were killed when an avalanche hit an off-piste area of the same resort. Tignes said that it appeared to have been set off by a group of skiers higher up.

Site of an avalanche in an off-piste area of the French ski resort of Tignes in February. File picture Credit: AFP/Getty Disaster was narrowly averted on Tuesday morning after an avalanche struck ...

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