Avalanche at the Brévent, small avalanche crossed the slopes

Snow and rain and snow again later ... With this yo-yo weather it's hard to know the cohesion between the snow pack and the ground. As a precaution, the snow patrol of all Ski Resorts undermine using explosives or the Gazex, but it is not always enough. Yesterday afternoon in the Brévent Ski Resort, a warning was given in the Chamonix valley for a small avalanche, off piste that finished on the slope of the Charlanon. It was around 15.20h, the rescuers arrived. the PGHM, ski instructors, mountain guides, dog handlers and their companions... 40 people in total for an avalanche 80 meters long and 50m wide. Research by Recco and Arva systems (to locate skiers equiped with type of emitters) did not give any results. Then they use the avalanche dogs but the results were the same. The only option left was to use the probes and search the area again. Two hours later, nobody was found. All the rescuers went home, no casualties have been reported. However, beware, the snow is very unstable .. Le Dauphiné