Ski watch: Off-piste skiers are warned over avalanches
Backcountry or off-piste skiing has become a major growth area in the ski industry. More and more skiers want to venture off-piste, but often don’t have the knowledge to do so safely.
In the past week or two, off-piste conditions have been particularly dangerous. Many resorts enjoyed snowfalls of between one and two metres, sending avalanche risk levels through the roof.
“For the past week, conditions have been super-unsafe,” says mountain guide Nick Parks from mountaintracks.co.uk.
Parks, who runs the company’s Grimentz Zinal backcountry adventures operation in Switzerland, tells us: “Many areas had no snow for an extended period, which ...
