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British skier reported killed near Champoluc, Italy
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

[Edit 12.1.05: Since this story was first reported it's emerged that the accident happened two valleys aways from Champoluc - above Alagna, which is on the linked Monterosa ski area]

Today's Sun newspaper is reporting the death of a British skier, Stephen Rawson, who plunged 300ft after losing control off piste. The accident happened near Champoluc in the Val d'Aosta, Italy. This is the brief news report.

Can anyone give a first-hand account of conditions in that area at the moment?


Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 12-01-05 15:23; edited 3 times in total
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Shocking

More detail in the Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15058312&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=skier-s-300ft-death-plunge-name_page.html

If you don't know it, Punta Indren is not a good place to go off piste if you don't know what you're doing & exactly where you're going.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Punta Indren is only accessed from the old cable car out of Bocchetta in the Alagne valley. He would had had to take an off-piste route, Salati or the Andaluce valley to get back into the Gressoney lift network There is no piste option. If the weather was anything less than good vis' he would be in trouble. The exposure to rocks is always there but he should have been able to get back to Gabiet if he knew the route and then get into the lifts system to take him back over to Champoluc.
There is a new lift out of the Alagne valley which would take him upto Passo de Salati and straight into the Gressoney pistes but this is much lower than Punta Indren. If the weather was poor I would expect the Bochetta cable car to Indren to be closed therefore forcing peple onto marked pistes. The old lift doesn't run all the time anyway because of its poor performance, they would not need much reason to shut it down for day. For this reason I would imagine the valley was in good weather.
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