The Eiger is a 3,967-metre mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. From Wikipedia
The rising freeride talent, known for his junior world title and near-qualification for the elite circuit, was one of two fatalities in the May 17 avalanche that also injured five others.