"Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps Satuday, local officials said. In one incident, two French off-piste skiers died after being buried by an avalanche at Val-d'Isere, the resort's tourism office said. The two men were buried under 2.5 metres of snow. Members of their group had raised the alarm, but rescuers were unable to revive them after finally reaching them, said a statement."
"Around 60 kilometres (37 miles) away, another avalanche caught two off-piste skiers in the Areches-Beaufort resort, a local official told AFP. One of the skiers could not be revived, while the second was taken to hospital with serious head injuries, said regional official Jean-Pierre Mirabail. French weather forecasters had warned of a high risk of avalanches this weekend, with a level four out of five on the European avalanche danger scale."
Two separate avalanches killed three off-piste skiers in the French Alps on Saturday. Two French men were buried by an avalanche at Val-d'Isere under 2.5 metres of snow and could not be revived despite rescue efforts after members of their group raised the alarm. Two skiers were also caught by an avalanche at Areches-Beaufort; one died and the other was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. French weather forecasters warned of a high avalanche risk, rating danger at level four out of five. The Val-d'Isere victims were not equipped with avalanche transceivers and were located only via their mobile phones. Rescuers probed a 10 by 15 metre area to find them.
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