The freeskiing community lost one of its modern icons last week. Chamonix’s Tof Henry and IFMGA guide and friend Juan Senoret reportedly fell while attempting to climb and ski Chile’s Putiagudo Volcano with their photographer, Mathurin Vauthier. Vauthier attempted to provide first aid to both athletes after the fall, eventually descending the mountain on his own.
Details of the accident are still difficult to come by even a week later. The European publication Downdays did confirm a bulk of the information being shared about the tragedy today. There isn’t much more information available to the public or media:
Downdays has received independent confirmation from two different sources about the deaths of Tof Henry and Juan Señoret. Photographer Mathurin Vauthier was with Henry and Señoret on Puntiagudo when the two skiers fell from the summit down the line they were planning to ski. Contrary to earlier reports, Vauthier was uninjured and was the first to reach the two after after the fall, and attempted to provide first aid. Another skier with knowledge of the incident told us that Henry and Señoret were skiing together on a steep, exposed line on the north face of Puntiagudo when they fell to their deaths in a no-fall zone.
Henry was known for descending lines like the one he and Senoret were on. And he was widely considered to do so faster than anybody else in the freeskiing world. In 2018, the feature-length film Born in Chamonix highlighted how the French ski town helped craft Henry’s world-class talent and approach.
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