{"id":11567,"date":"2026-01-12T09:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11567"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:36:07","slug":"avalanche-kills-british-skier-at-la-plagne-in-french-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11567","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche kills British skier at La Plagne in French Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A British man has died in an avalanche in the French Alps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The man, believed to be in his 50s, was skiing with a group off-piste at La Plagne, a statement from the resort said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Rescuers were alerted to the avalanche at 13:57 (12:57 GMT) on Sunday and went immediately to the area, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The man was discovered under 2.5 metres (8ft) of snow after a 50-minute search. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He had been skiing without an avalanche transceiver or a professional instructor, the resort said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">La Plagne said its thoughts were with the man&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said it is supporting the family of a British man who has died in France and is in contact with relevant authorities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The rescue team was made up of more than 50 people including medics, ski instructors and a helicopter-deployed dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">La Plagne&#8217;s official website prompts visitors wanting to ski off-piste, also known as backcountry skiing, to make sure they have read the Avalanche Risk Bulletin and to use an avalanche victim detector. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">December through to February is peak season for avalanches in the northern hemisphere. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Only last month, five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl and her father, died in an avalanche in Italy&#8217;s Dolomite mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Avalanche #kills #British #skier #Plagne #French #Alps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British man has died in an a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}