Around midnight, the guide’s body was found at over 1,400 meters altitude in the NW facing Griaz torrent sector of Les Houches. His Avalanche transceiver helped rescuers pinpoint his location beneath ...

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In the footage, taken by nearby French skiers, an avalanche can be seen careering down the Colle del Gigante area of Mont Blanc with a person skiing off-piste amongst the landslide.

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Four Norwegians and a Swiss woman were reportedly killed in avalanches while skiing off-piste in the French Alps on Wednesday ...

while a Swiss skier died further north in the Haute-Savoie region, near Chamonix. Three of the Norwegians were killed ...

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1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France ... Times Union photographers have been documenting the Capital Region’s fascinating people, places and pivotal moments.

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Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. An oil depot in Russia's Voronezh region caught fire following multiple drone strikes, regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Jan. 15 ...