Search teams found four bodies, including that of Matt Ziegler, near the French border yesterday after having to halt their efforts in fading light on Sunday THIERRY PRONESTI/EPAA British lawyer was among four skiers killed in the Italian Alps when an avalanche swept them 300 yards down a mountain and buried them under six feet of snow. Matt Ziegler, 43, died on Sunday in Courmayeur, near Mont Blanc on the border with France. He had been working in the Geneva office of Barclays and had gone skiing with friends before he was due to return home to central London that day. The other victims were Katherine Clarke, 39, from New Zealand, who lived in London, and two residents of Chamonix, Nicolas Bruno Vergez, 36, a Frenchman, and Wespazjan Wisla, 38, who was originally from Poland. A search-and-rescue team went to the avalanche site with dogs but three of the skiers were found…

Source: The Times February 05, 2019 01:07 UTC