Avalanche kills three in Spain's Pyrenees

A cross-country skiing trip turned deadly in Spain’s Pyrenees as an avalanche near Panticosa ski resort killed three and injured one, authorities said. Two members of the group escaped and alerted rescuers.

Reuters

31 December 2025 at 06:43:01

Avalanche kills three in Spain's Pyrenees

Pieces of ice from the Sarmiento de Gamboa glacier float in the Strait of Magellan off Santa Ines Island, during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2, 2025.

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An Avalanche killed three people and left one person injured in Panticosa, in Spain's Pyrenees, Spanish Guardia Civil said on Monday (December 29).

The victims were part of a group of six people who were cross-country skiing. Three were killed, one injured while two members of the group managed to escape and call for help.

The avalanche happened on the western side of Pico Tablato, near the Panticosa ski resort.

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