The 20 year old got lost off piste in Lech while skiing on his own, with no safety equipment when the avalanche risk was at level 3 (considerable).

A 22-year old Australian woman died in Otari near Nagano in Japan. She suffered a heart attack after being dragged along the snow & left hanging in mid-air.

A woman in her late40s has died from likely asphyxiation after falling into a pocket of deep, soft snow near a green run at Sunshine Village Ski Resort. PlanetSKI reports from the resort. UPDATED

PlanetSKI was in the high altitude French ski resort for La Grande Premiere – its opening weekend. We have been to a few over the years & this was one of the very best. UPDATED

Araminta Braham, 1942 – 2025.  Most will know her as Minty Clinch. PlanetSKI pays tribute to one of the greatest ski journalists of her generation – her writing was supreme and her personality…..

There could be more young Brits back working in the Alps under a new youth mobility scheme. It is not part of the agreement, but there is an understanding in principle. Plus UK citizens should be able to use the EU lanes at airports, but no time-frame has been revealed. UPDATED

The Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, FOCA, has opened proceedings to clarify the facts and take appropriate measures. A video of the incident has been posted on social media.

The company has been in existence for 21-years and has taken 80,000 people to the mountains, plus employed more than 500 staff. Ill health of a director is the reason.

The person threw a giant snowball from a chairlift in Alpe d’Huez that hit a man having lunch at a restaurant terrace below. UPDATED