WATCH: Woman dug out of snow in heart-pounding rescue
A young skier is lucky to be alive after having her upper body buried under snow.
A 19-year-old skier hit a hard patch while skiing at the French Alps' Les Arcs ski resort and fell into the snow, head-first.
While the skier was struggling to free herself from the snow, rescue came in the form of a 23-year-old skier who just happened to be skiing in the lesser-known slopes of the resort.
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Will Field spotted the woman's legs sticking out of the snow and rushed to her rescue. Field was luckily equipped with a safety kit and had access to a shovel which he used to dig the woman out.
The woman was reportedly moments away from running out of air before the rescue.
Watch the rescue below: