The battalion of 133 soldiers, backed by four sniffer dogs and 21 vehicles, will remain in the area until Friday, the ministry said in statement.
The 42-year-old, identified by media reports as John Hogbin, a British father-of-one who lives in Spain, was hiking with two friends on Sunday when the avalanche buried them in the Barranco San Juan area.
His two companions, both 43-year-old Spaniards, were able to climb out from under the snow on their own and suffered only minor injuries.
The company that runs the ski resort, Cetursa, had warned that heavy rain on Saturday night after huge snowfall earlier in the week, meant there was a 'very high' risk of an avalanche."
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