This incident occurred on January 30th 2015 in Les Crosets on the Swiss/French border…

“As I landed I noticed the snow around me start to slab and break away, so I pointed my skis straight and went as fast as I could in order to ski over the slab and outrun the avalanche. I figured my best option was to ski over the frozen creek at the bottom and up the other side of the gully to escape. However as I hit the creek I slammed into a shoulder high wall of snow on the other side of the gully which stopped me dead in my tracks. I looked up just in time to watch the avalanche envelope me. The last thing I managed to do before I was completely buried was to reach as high as I could above the snow with my left arm and ski pole. This may have ultimately saved my life.”

If you want to read an article with a first person account of the events you are encouraged to go HERE