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Die Lawine donnert am frühen Nachmittag in Richtung Tal.
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By Angela Dähling
Neustift – Fresh snow and bright sunshine drew skiers en masse to the Tyrolean Mountains on Sunday. An avalanche in the Stubai Valley nearly proved fatal to several of them.
A group of Germans studying in Innsbruck was about to leave for the north side of the Zuckerhütl. The penultimate of them, a 26-year-old young man, triggered the avalanche around 2:00 p.m. at 3,400 meters above sea level. “He practically slid his skis into the valley and luckily he did not get under the snow,” says the alpine policeman involved in the operation. Measuring 200 by 300 meters, the slab was of considerable size. The student stopped with the avalanche. “He was able to shake off the snow and came out unscathed,” Alpine Police said.
Two touring skiers who were about to avoid the avalanche were also very lucky. The slab of snow stopped a few feet in front of them. The other of the 20 or so winter sports enthusiasts in the vicinity also had Fortuna on their side – no one was buried, as it turned out during a large-scale search. “When we got to the avalanche cone, many of them had already started looking for buried people,” reports the alpine police. So many things happened on the mountain. Some had previously filmed the avalanche with helmet cameras.
Neither LVS nor Reccosystem received any signals and no one was reported missing. Therefore, according to the mountain rescue service, the mission ended around 4.30 pm. Ten Neustift mountain rescuers, three avalanche dog trainers, one alpine policeman, two emergency medical helicopters and the “dragonfly” participated. Ministry of Interior. According to the Neustift mountain rescue service in the valley, other mountain rescuers were on standby; Due to Corona, the team on the mountain currently has to be kept small.
