The group were skiing on a closed run when they were hit by the wall of snow.
According to French officials, a group of 10 middle school-aged children and their teacher, as well as a Ukrainian man not part of the group, were skiing on a closed run in the Deux Alpes ski resort when they were hit by the wall of snow.
Two students, as well as the Ukrainian man, are confirmed to have died in the avalanche, according to officials in the Isère prefecture.
The teacher has been taken to a hospital near Grenoble.
The school group is from the Saint-Exupéry de Lyon college in Lyon.
More than 60 people have been searching through the snow as part of rescue and recovery efforts.
Rescue dogs and a helicopter equipped with a thermal camera are also participating in the search, French police said on Twitter.
Video posted to Facebook from the scene showed people forming a human chain to search for survivors.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls wrote on Twitter of his "huge sadness" at the news of the avalanche. "All our thoughts are with the victims and those who are fighting for life," he wrote.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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