Another Avalanche Death in the Alps
He was snowboarding with two other men when the avalanche struck.
Two of them were caught in the slide.
One was only partially buried with his head above the snow.
The other man was completely buried.
Neither had avalanche safety equipment and his body was found two and a half hours after the accident.
The man, who came from Berlin, is the latest grim statistic that has seen over double the number of avalanche fatalities in Europe compared to last season when 70 people died.
The annual average is around 100.
The highest number in recent years was 147 deaths in 2017/18 and it seems that number may  be exceeded with several weeks of the season remaining.
See here for a recent PlanetSKI article on the avalanches, with explanations of why this winter has been so deadly:
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