“Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous,” said the great Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once again this year, events have proven him right. Harsh weather has triggered deadly avalanches around Lake Tahoe in California, as well as across the Alps in Europe.
According to figures from France’s National Mountain Safety Observation System (SNOSM), fatal accidents at ski resorts typically range between eight and 14 deaths per year, depending on the season.
