The search and rescue effort has been called off at Crans-Montana in Switzerland and a French ski patroller is confirmed dead from the massive inbounds avalanche.
“The person who was seriously injured died during the night in Sion hospital. He was a French ski patroller aged 34.”
The CBC reports the avalanche struck yesterday at about 2:20pm local time. 240 rescuers and a dozen rescued dogs continued to search the 1300ft avalanche debris field overnight after eye witnesses said that other people may be buried. No additional victims were found.
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