Extreme skier Matilda Rapaport dies in avalanche filming promo for Ubisoft’s Steep

Pro skier Matilda Rapaport, 30, has died after being caught in an avalanche in Chile while filming promotional material for Ubisoft’s new game, Steep.

The International Business Times reported that the Swedish extreme skier was staying in Chile and had gone out onto the slopes for filming when a “major snowstorm caused the fatal avalanche to occur — its descent quickly engulfing the skier.”

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