Photo: Dominique Daher/Freeride World Tour
The Freeride World Tour has definitely solidified itself as one of the most intense and relate-able competitive events in the world of skiing and snowboarding. People can understand riding lines top-to-bottom on a mountain easier than they can the gymnastic-like antics of the park or halfpipe.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not hazardous, especially for people working the events. An unidentified mountain guide was killed in Andorra yesterday trying to secure the event site for the FWT’s next contest. There’s little information out at this point but it’s presumed he was doing avalanche patrol work when he was caught in a slide.
“A mountain guide was caught today in an avalanche while working to secure the competition venue for the Freeride World Tour (FWT) taking place at Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra,” read a statement released by the FWT. “Despite the rapid response of the rescuers from Vallnord-Arcalís and the mountain rescue group (GRM) of Andorra, the injuries sustained by the victim were fatal. He was declared deceased at the Nostra Senyora de Meritxell Hospital.”
