Some 11 skiers lost their lives in the
Alps over the weekend, almost all victims of avalanches while
they weer off-piste.
But in the Schwemmalm sking centre, in Val d'Ultimo, a
36-year-old skier was killed in a crash with a snowboarder.
Three of the avalanche victims were in Alto Adige.
A further five were in Tyrol on Sunday.
These followed another three in Austria on Saturday, taking the
weekend toll there to eight.
The avalanches were caused by a recent rise in temperatures as a
sunny spell hit the northern mountains and the rest of Italy.
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