Snowboarder, 38, killed by Swiss avalanche

A 38-year-old snowboarder was buried and killed by an avalanche in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday afternoon. The Swiss man was boarding off-piste with another person. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The avalanche struck at around 1.30pm below the Schwarzhorn in the Parsenn ski area, as reported by the Graubünden cantonal police on Monday. + Five injured as avalanche derails Swiss train The accompanying person immediately alerted the rescue services and began searching for the buried victim. In the end, he was found dead. Numerous helpers, including 16 employees of the sports lifts, five members of the SOS rescue centre, mountain rescuers from the SAC with three avalanche search dogs, 20 volunteers, a Rega crew and the Alpine police were deployed. The 38-year-old is already the twelfth avalanche fatality this winter season, as recorded by the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF. Three winter sports enthusiasts died in Graubünden, seven in ...