A British skier has been killed by an avalanche in the French Alps.
Rescue teams received an avalanche alert at 1.57pm on Sunday and immediately went to the site, the resort said.
A team of around 52 people, including medics, ski school instructors and a helicopter-deployed piste dog, were called in.
The man was found after 50 minutes of searching under 2.5 meters of snow, the resort said.
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He was with a group when the avalanche struck, but was not equipped with an avalanche transceiver and was not with a professional instructor, it added.
La Plagne said its thoughts were with the man’s family.
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