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Gentle warning/reminder - no base off piste...
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Just a gentle warning/reminder, since holiday time is fast approaching and lift systems are opening more and more - there is very little (or no) base off piste (where it is actually skiable) in most parts of the French Alps (and beyond) currently so take it easy out there...
Today in Val Thorens:
http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2015/12/07/traumatisme-cranien-pour-un-jeune-skieur-grenoblois
(26 yr old in hospital with head injuries after colliding with a rock off piste)
1 dead and 1 seriously injured in 2 separate incidents in the Pyrenees over the weekend (one cliff fall as I understand things).
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@offpisteskiing
, a timely warning. A few years back my house mate broke her back in just such conditions, she fully recovered but only after six weeks in plaster.
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offpisteskiing wrote:
26 yr old in hospital with head injuries.
Were they wearing a helmet?
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
offpisteskiing wrote:
Just a gentle warning/reminder, since holiday time is fast approaching and lift systems are opening more and more - there is very little (or no) base off piste (where it is actually skiable) in most parts of the French Alps (and beyond) currently so take it easy out there...
Today in Val Thorens:
http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2015/12/07/traumatisme-cranien-pour-un-jeune-skieur-grenoblois
(26 yr old in hospital with head injuries after colliding with a rock off piste)
1 dead and 1 seriously injured in 2 separate incidents in the Pyrenees over the weekend (one cliff fall as I understand things).
Another 2 dead in the Pyrenees, due to falling on icy snow which is a particular problem in both the Pyrenees and Alps on North sector slopes at the moment. A friend of mine injured herself badly at Alpe d'Huez on opening day falling on ice on piste.
In the Pyrenees incident you refer to it seems the skier fell for some undetermined reason but the conditions were "spring like". Maybe hitting a rock or maybe blowing a turn on difficult snow?
In the Alps a very good local skier died after a fall on the Grand Pic de la Lauziere on Sunday. Apparently difficult conditions which should maybe have persuaded the group to make a U turn or take a different route.
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