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In summer, remember! No going Off-Piste in Zermatt

In summer, remember! No going Off-Piste in Zermatt

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Started by Bandit in Ski Chatter

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Bandit posted Aug-2010

Swiss news report today of a teenage Italian snowboarder falling into a crevasse in Zermatt.

http://www.rhonefm.ch/fr/informations/infos-a-chaud/zermatt-un-snowboarder-chute-dans-une-crevasse-313-27951?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Via Google Translate...

A snowboarder of 19 years died yesterday Theodule glacier, Zermatt, at an altitude of 3,400 meters. Accompanied by two compatriots, the Italian national has suddenly left the piste and made a fall of 15 meters into a crevasse. He died at the scene of the accident. An investigation has been opened, the cantonal police said in a statement.