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This stretch of the Aravis mountain chain (which runs between Savoie and Haute-Savoie) has five interconnected ski areas with some good off-piste sections, as well as excellent groomed runs.
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The French department of Haute-Savoie and its towering Mont Blanc Range have attracted generations of American skiers.
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Prosecutor Eric Maillaud said the family was on a camping holiday on the edge of Lake Annecy in the Haute-Savoie region.
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But if you venture just a few valleys over to the Haute-Savoie hamlet of La Clusaz, your money is going to stretch much farther.
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Three people from Germany, three from Britain, two from Spain and one from Switzerland were killed, Haute-Savoie police said, but the nationalities of the missing are unknown.
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Bertrand Francois, of the Haute-Savoie police, told BFM the number of victims was a result of the high number of people in the area at this time of year.
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