This is the terrifying moment a huge avalanche cascaded down a mountainside, engulfing dozens of skiers who desperately tried to escape. The avalanche, which unfolded near the Zerotta chairlift in Val Veny, comes just days after two skiers were killed in a similar incident in the same resort. Resorts in Italy have been placed under high avalanche alerts after fresh snowfall on weak internal layers led to risky conditions for skiers. Just days before an avalanche in Val-d'Isère swept away six skiers in an off-piste area of the slopes, killing one French national and two Britons. A French national skiing alone higher up the mountain was also killed.

Source: Daily Mail February 18, 2026 09:09 UTC