Surprised by a patch of ice while ski touring in the Pyrenees, a man in his sixties died after a slide of about a hundred meters which ended against a rock, according to the gendarmes.
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The accident occurred Wednesday in Ariège, on the heights of Port de l'Hers, near the village of Massat.
The victim was part of a group of five hikers who took a route without much difficulty, according to the High Mountain Gendarmerie Peloton (PGHM) of Savignac-les-Ormeaux.
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When passing a valley, he moved away from the rest of the group to take a shaded part, he slipped from 100 to 150 meters and hit a rock,
" said Major Jean-Marc Galin, emphasizing that the snow was very hard in the shaded areas.
At the end of January, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, a 66-year-old man was killed by an avalanche, near the ski resort of Luz Ardiden.
The ski lifts and the downhill ski slopes being closed, the practice of ski touring has developed strongly this winter, and the gendarmerie calls for the greatest caution.