Avalanches in French Alps kill 6 skiers over the weekend
A British man and five others perish in separate incidents as avalanche dangers remain high
Three separate avalanches killed three off-piste skiers in the French Alps on Sunday, resort officials said, a day after three skiers died in similar incidents, bringing the weekend death toll to six.
The deaths came despite alerts from the weather service of a high risk of avalanches and warnings against off-piste skiing.
In one incident on Sunday, a British man in his 50s was buried while skiing off-piste, according to a statement released by La Plagne ski resort in southeastern France.
More than 50 rescuers were deployed, finding the man buried under 2.5 metres (8 feet) of snow after nearly an hour of searching, but he could not be resuscitated.
Rescue teams recovered the body of another skier who had been buried in an avalanche in Courchevel, the resort said, without providing further details.
And a 32-year-old off-piste skier died after being caught in an avalanche at Vallorcine in the Haute-Savoie region of the Alps, local police said on Sunday.