Overview
- Juliette Willmann, a 29‑year‑old French freerider, died after being swept away by a snow slab avalanche on Cerro Crestón near El Chaltén.
- The avalanche carried Willmann and her husband roughly 400 meters toward Lago del Desierto before other skiers and rescue teams reached the scene.
- Rescuers found Willmann buried about 1.5 meters under snow and declared her dead while her husband, Pierre‑Idris Mehdi, was recovered and treated and is not in life‑threatening condition.
- Local mountain rescue units, the Santa Cruz security ministry and the national park administration mounted a coordinated response with stretcher, oxygen and first‑aid equipment.
- Willmann rose from alpine racing to international freeride competition, qualifying for the Freeride World Tour in 2019, and her death has drawn public messages of shock and grief from peers across the sport.