A TEENAGER from Shortheath Common was buried in the snow for 20 minutes after an avalanche engulfed her while she was skiing in Austria.

Alice Reed (17) of Sycamore Cottage, near Oakhanger, was enjoying her second skiing lesson when a wall of snow 500 foot wide swept down a nursery slope at Tauplitz, Austria, on Sunday morning.

A full version of this story will be found in the Bordon Herald of February 25,. 2000.