The skiers, five of them members of the same family, went
missing around Tete Blanche mountain on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla
path, near the Matterhorn mountain that straddles the border
between Switzerland and Italy.
The bodies were discovered on Sunday in Tête Blanche sector,
police said.
The skiers were between the ages of 21 and 58, according to an
earlier police statement. Five belonged to one family from the
Valais canton, while a sixth person is from the canton of
Fribourg.
Police did not reveal the identity of those who were found dead.
Zermatt is a popular mountain resort renowned for skiing and
attracts tourists from around the world.
(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Jamie
Freed and Stephen Coates)
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