1.   Police said the slope was already closed to the public, but it was not clear if anyone had ignored warnings and ventured on to the trail.

2.   Nearly half his life had passed since the Bosnian war closed the slopes.

3.   Warnings of new avalanches closed ski slopes throughout the valley, deserted by thousands of skiers who made their way out.

4.   Warnings of new avalanches closed ski slopes throughout the valley, deserted by thousands of skiers who made their way out Wednesday on freshly plowed small roads.

5.   Warnings of new avalanches closed ski slopes throughout the valley, deserted by thousands of skiers who made their way out on freshly plowed small roads.