Avalanches in Verbier and Tignes

[ChrisC]

When 100-200cm falls on a month-old snow base without recent snow.......

Off-piste areas in Verbier slid massively with a 3/5 avalanche rating. Stairway to Heaven. Also, part of the Highway. Neat the Gentianes cable car.

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Tignes was scary too.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636017481604034571

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7210836784089959722

 

[jamesdeluxe]

When 100-200cm falls on a month-old snow base without recent snow

When I was at Les Trois Vallées on Monday with a 4/5 rating, two guys on a chair mentioned that their guide the previous day was scolded for taking their group into what was usually not considered sketchy terrain.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

The Tignes clip above reminds me of the infamous avalanche scene from the 2014 film Force Majeure.