Ski patrollers are renowned for their air of coolness and collective calm while doing a job that would scare most people, especially this winter when the conditions have been some of the most deadliest on record.
So far this season, 124 people have died in avalanches across Europe, according to the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS). That is above the average of 100 people killed in European snow slides in an entire year. The death toll in the French Alps alone is currently 30, and we are only in the middle of the ski season.
