Five cross-country skiers who went missing during a ski tour in Switzerland were found dead, while a search was still on for the sixth skier, according to police. Police in Switzerland’s Valais canton on Sunday started searching for six people who went missing during a ski tour that departed from the alpine town of Zermatt. The skiers, five of them members of the same family, went missing around Tête Blanche mountain on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla path, near the Matterhorn mountain that straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy. The skiers were between the ages of 21 and 58, according to police. Five belonged to one family from the Valais canton, while a sixth person was from the canton of Fribourg.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2024 16:20 UTC