Spanish climber killed by Pyrenees avalanche

Madrid - One mountain climber was killed and two others injured Friday in an avalanche in the Pyrenees mountains, Spanish officials reported.

The accident occurred near the winter sports center of Candanchu in Huesca province.

The avalanche struck altogether seven persons, including the three mountain climbers and four cross country skiers. The latter four were able to free themselves from the mass of snow.

Friday's death brought to seven the total of people killed in avalanches in the Pyrenees so far this year, an unusually high number which officials attributed to this winter's heavy snowfalls.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/314912,spanish-climber-killed-by-pyrenees-avalanche.html.