1.   And despite the accident and a continuing investigation, he said, the slope where the avalanche occurred will remain open to the public.

2.   The avalanche occurred four days later.

3.   The avalanche occurred on the Camp Muir-Disappointment Cleaver route, the shortest and most popular of the routes up the mountain.

4.   To avoid the former, stay out of areas where avalanches occur, at times when they occur.

5.   Police said an inquiry was being opened to establish how the avalanche occurred.

6.   Public Securities Minister Serge Menard said another, smaller avalanche could occur.

7.   She had been skiing off-course when the avalanche occurred.

8.   The avalanche occurred in the north of this tiny mountainous country on the border between Spain and France.

9.   The avalanche occurred on the northeast side of Wright Peak, on the outskirts of Lake Placid.

10.   The avalanche occurred on the Cretes du Lauzet section of the Orres, a ski station in the Haute Alpes region not far from the Italian border.