The Brazilian-Portuguese national was found dead by mountain rescuers.

The British victim, aged 55, died after being swept away by an avalanche in an off-piste sector in the Chamonix valley, at the foot of Mont Blanc, on Tuesday afternoon

British skier killed in huge avalanche in the French Alps - The 55-year-old man was swept away in an off-piste section of the Chamonix valley near Mont Blanc

A British skier has died following a “very large” avalanche in the French Alps. The 55-year-old man was found in the snow in an off-piste sector in a valley in Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc. The avalanche, which happened on Tuesday afternoon, is estimated to have been 1km long and 400m wide.

A British skier has died after being submerged by a ‘very large’ avalanche at a ski resort near Mont Blanc on Tuesday (January 28). The 55-year old was caught in the one-kilometre long and 400-metre wide avalanche whilst skiing in the Grands Montets ski area in the Herse sector.

The Independent reports that French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the incident. The fatal collision follows another recent tragedy at Les Arcs. On Christmas day, 2024, a 13-year-old skier was killed in an avalanche near where the British skiers collided.

A British woman died during a "violent collision" on a ski slope in the French Alps, according to reports. The 62-year-old woman crashed into a stationary skier on the Aiguille Rouge mountain in resort on Tuesday, the BBC reported. The skier, a 35-year-old British national, suffered a broken leg.

An investigation is under way after a British woman died following a "violent collision" on a ski slope in the French Alps. The 62-year-old reportedly crashed into a stationary skier, a British man, on the Aiguille Rouge mountain in Les Arcs on Tuesday.

A British man has died after being swept away by an avalanche in an off-piste sector in the Chamonix valley, at the foot of Mont Blanc.

The horrific discovery took place near a resort in the French Alps, where a 'very large' avalanche had caught the British skier by surprise in the Chamonix Valley

A 55-year-old British man died after an avalanche descended on the Chamonix valley at the foot of the French side of the Mont Blanc. The avalanche occurred in an off-piste section of the valley on Tuesday afternoon at Les Grand Montets resort in Argentiere - a ski area in Chamonix.