From England's The Telegraph:
Ski disaster narrowly averted after avalanche on popular blue run in Tignes
Disaster was narrowly averted on Tuesday morning after an avalanche struck a blue run popular with family skiers in Tignes in the French Alps.
Gendarmes had earlier expressed fears that "many skiers" had been caught up in the avalanche on the Carline run that was open at the time of the avalanche around 10am.
However, police and rescue services later announced that nobody had been trapped under the snow.
An avalanche on a blue run would pose a major risk as skiers are not required to wear transceivers to locate them under the snow, unlike skiers who take more dangerous off-piste routes.
We are very attuned to avalanches here. We have lost too many good people.
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