An avalanche near a Spanish Pyrenees mountain resort killed three skiers and injured another on Monday, the Guardia Civil police said, the latest deadly natural disaster to strike the country in days.
The bodies of two men and a woman were found in Panticosa, an area in the northeastern region of Aragón popular with long-distance skiers, after an avalanche on the Tablato peak close to the French border, the Guardia Civil said.
Preliminary reports from the Guardia Civil rescue patrol said the skiers broke a windslab and the resulting avalanche hit four of them. The two members who avoided the avalanche immediately called rescue services and descended to help their friends.
Authorities scrambled a rescue helicopter, and they found the missing skiers quickly, but there was nothing they could do for three of them. The three victims presented injuries ‘incompatible with life’.
Spanish media reported that Jorge Garcia-Dihinx, a well-known figure in Spain’s ski mountaineering community, was among the victims. Garcia-Dihinx wrote a popular blog and gave lectures about avalanche risk management and mountain meteorology.
A total of six people were practising ski mountaineering when the disaster struck. One woman was lightly injured with hypothermia and the two other skiers were unhurt, the police added.
The avalanche came after rescuers in the southern region of Andalusia found three bodies following weekend floods. ALSO READ: Death toll from floods in Andalusia rises to three.
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#RescatesGC | Imágenes del dispositivo de búsqueda de las personas sorprendidas por un alud cuando realizaban esquí de #montaña en la cara oeste del Pico Tablato, Balneario de Panticosa, #Huesca.
— Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil) December 29, 2025
▶️ 2 hombres y una mujer han fallecido y otra mujer ha resultado herida leve. Otras… pic.twitter.com/VxL4AdAOot
Una de las personas fallecidas tras un alud cerca del balneario de Panticosa es Jorge García-Dihinx, figura de referencia en el mundo del senderismo de montaña.#Canal24Horas
— RTVE Noticias (@rtvenoticias) December 29, 2025
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