CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — A 34-year-old Frenchman whose job was to check the safety of ski slopes died overnight after being injured in an avalanche at a popular Swiss Alps ski resort, police ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An American teenager who died in an avalanche in Switzerland earlier this week was a freshman at Naperville Central High School, his club swim coach said Wednesday. The avalanche ...

Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger was tragically killed in an avalanche on Monday, according to the Swiss-Ski federation. Hediger, 26, got caught in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa ...

A 26-year-old member of Switzerland’s national team died in an avalanche on Monday. Sophie Hediger was caught in a slide in Arosa at a mountain resort. She had raced snowboard cross in the 2022 Winter ...

Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital ...

An American teen and two others were killed in an avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt. The avalanche occurred on Monday afternoon in an off-piste area of Riffelberg, below the Matterhorn peak.

The death of a Swiss Olympic snowboarder this week is a reminder that even the most skilled and experienced athletes are not immune to the dangers posed by the rapid flow of snow down hills, according ...

The deceased, Eliot Dänzer, was a professional snowboarder who competed on the FWT Challenger series and finished 3rd overall this past season. Nendaz Freeride, a competition Dänzer won earlier this ...

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GENEVA, Switzerland — An American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said Tuesday. One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries ...