Avalanche in Spanish Pyrenees kills three skiers in latest disaster to strike the country in days

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29 Dec, 2025 08:38 PMQuick Read

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An area of the Pyrenees mountains. Photo / 123rf

An avalanche near a Spanish Pyrenees mountain resort killed three skiers and injured another today, 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 Aragon popular
with long-distance skiers, after an avalanche on the Tablato peak, the Civil Guard said.

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 force added.

The avalanche came after rescuers in the southern region of Andalusia found three bodies following weekend floods.