Father killed, son survives in Alps tragedy

The pair had tried to reach a mountain hut on Grand Plan mountain.

In another incident a teenager was hit by an avalanche in the Serre-Chevalier area, also off piste. He was rushed to a hospital in Grenoble where he died hours later.

Two other skiers were in critical condition after several people were swept away by snow off piste near the towns of La Clusaz and Val-Thorens, police said.

Meanwhile, in the Swiss Alps two skiers were killed following avalanches.