cov. Driving outside the marked piste led to a tragic accident: at around 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday, two snowboarders in Saas-Fee went off the piste. As the cantonal police of Valais announced in a communiqué on Thursday, one of the two fell several meters deep into a crevasse. In doing so, he sustained fatal injuries.
Air Zermatt’s emergency doctor was only able to determine the death of the 39-year-old Frenchman who lives in France. The public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation. A German died in Zermatt on Monday after falling into a crevasse.