A toned health influencer, his partner and their friend were killed after being engulfed by a massive avalanche while skiing off-piste.
The group of four was swept away at around 1pm yesterday (29 Dec).
Members of another mountaineering group were first on the scene and raised the alarm.
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They managed to pull three people from the snow, but there was nothing they could do to save two of them.
Specialist mountain rescue teams later arrived with helicopter support and search dogs. They freed the remaining victim, but he was found with no signs of life.
The sole survivor – a 29-year-old woman from Ordizia – was taken to hospital in nearby Huesca, where she was treated for minor hypothermia. She is now out of danger.
The tragedy happened on Pico Tablato in the Spanish Pyrenees.
One of the victims was respected paediatrician Jorge García-Dihinx, 55, from Zaragoza, as reported by Need To Know.
He worked at a hospital in Huesca and had more than 415,000 Instagram followers.
García Dihinx used his platform to promote healthy living, show off his ripped physique and share his passion for the mountains.
The other victims were his partner, Natalia Román, 36, also from Zaragoza, and their friend Eneko Arrastúa, 48, from Irún. All three were experienced ski mountaineers.
The avalanche struck near Panticosa in Spain’s Aragón region and measured around 300m wide and 600m long, at an altitude of 2,300m.
In some areas, snow piled up to depths of 12m.
Aragón government official Miguel Ángel Clavero described it as “a typical winter avalanche, where layered snow slabs form and one breaks away, sliding over the others and sweeping along anyone on top of it”.
Jorge lived in Chimillas with Natalia and their dogs, Tuca and Kilian.
He also ran the blog “La Meteo que Viene”, which had racked up more than 34m visits and was widely regarded as an essential resource for mountaineers, offering technical advice and accurate weather forecasts.
Jorge had issued a warning just days earlier about dangerous snow slabs above 2,400m. Despite this, avalanche risk in the area was not considered high at the time.
Lt Baín Rodríguez, of the Civil Guard’s Mountain Rescue Service, said: “This group were experts, but when there is snow, zero risk does not exist.”
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