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Michael Pettifer, Managing Director of MPI Brokers, discusses the current avalanche danger in the Alps.

It is rare for the British media to give an avalanche warning for snow conditions in the Alps, so for one to appear on the front page of the Daily Telegraph can only suggest the risk is serious. As I write, the risk factor for most areas is 3 (out of 5) – considerable.