Head cam footage shows the dramatic moment a skier rescued a woman who was trapped under the snow and struggling for air. Will Field, 23, came across the 19-year-old chalet host after he spotted her legs poking out from the snow.
He immediately stopped in his tracks and pulled out an emergency snow shovel to dig her out in a race against time. Will said the young woman, who had fallen while off-piste, had a lucky escape and could easily have lost her life.
She was flung from her skis and was launched head first into the snow while skiing in Les Arcs, in the French Alps, last Tuesday.
Although the chalet host was buried only two foot under the snow's surface, she was struggling to breath and unable to free her arms to get herself out.
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