Tag: tourers
With a helicopter to the hospital – poor visibility was fatal to tourers
A 59-year-old local fell on Friday after a ski tour in East Tyrol’s Innervillgraten and injured his shoulder. He had to be taken to the hospital in Lienz by helicopter.…
Ski tourers caught – Salzburger killed in an avalanche accident in Bavaria
A ski touring duo was swept away by a huge slab of snow in neighboring Bavaria – a 61-year-old from Salzburg did not survive the accident. The second ski tourer…
Karawanken – ski tourers missing: large search operation is underway
“The missing person is considered an experienced ski tourer and wanted to climb the 2,237 meter high chair alone from Bärental on Friday to go down a gully,” says Kurt…
Avalanche tragedy – snow drifts were fatal for ski tourers
In the early Saturday afternoon there was an avalanche with serious consequences in Salzburg’s Tweng: A young, eleven-person ski touring group stepped off a mega-slab of snow on the Lackenspitze.…
At warning level 2 – injured: ski tourers carried away by an avalanche
Avalanches in the Murtal district in Styria – and ski tourers were able to free their injured colleague from the masses of snow in the Seckauer Tauern! The 29-year-old from…
Several injuries – ski tourers hit by avalanche: one dead
There was an avalanche on Saturday afternoon on the Lackenspitze in the municipality of Tweng in Salzburg’s Lungau. Three people were buried. One of the ski tourers could only be…