York expat John Hogbin ‘believed dead’ after avalanche in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains EXPAT is believed to have been killed in an avalanche while out climbing in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.
Spanish rescue teams, including 130 soldiers and four sniffer dogs, are currently searching for 41-year-old John Hogbin, who has not been seen since the avalanche struck on Sunday, in the Barranco San Juan area.
It is understood that Mr Hogbin is a widower and the the father of a four-year-old child.
He lived in Woodlea Avenue in Acomb as a child before moving from York to Spain as a youngster with his father, Christopher, and Spanish mother, Maria, and had been living in the village of Zafarraya, near Granada.
Two fellow trekkers, both believed to be 43 and from Spain, were able to free themselves from the snow and escape with minor injuries. The avalanche is said to be one of the biggest in the mountain range for many years."
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