The Tyrolean mountain rescue service is reaching its limits in the Ausserfern. The situation is no longer manageable, district manager Albert Kerber sounds the alarm. More and more wild campers are settling down at the lakes and other beautiful places. The trend is hard to stop, especially since there are a lot of “insider tips” being traded on the internet.
The pandemic has fueled it and the fire has not gone out, quite the contrary. “Freedom on four wheels” is blooming like never before, but campers overestimate this freedom. Of course, for many, all of Tyrol is a campsite, although Tyrolean state law expressly requires you to be on a designated campsite. A problem throughout Tyrol that the mountain rescue service must keep an eye on. Those in the Ausserfern are now sounding the alarm.
“We receive up to 50 reports a day by phone or with a photo via WhatsApp from private individuals, foresters or hunters about so-called wild campers,” says Albert Kerber, head of the mountain rescue service in the Reutte district, “not only at the Plansee, as has recently been widely known. became, the problem gets out of hand, it extends from Blindsee to the Lechtal.” The situation is “unmanageable”, although most of the 16 deployment sites send out patrols almost every day.
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Only four company cars are available in the entire district, so the volunteers often use their own car. Upon arrival on site, the “black campers” would be requested to leave the site within a reasonable time. Kerber continues, “If we reported everyone, that would be going way too far.” Most are insightful, but some are aggressive. More than before, says the mountain rescue commander. He applauds the new possibility of an organ mandate, but this relief no longer makes sense this year because the training is still missing and “the summer is over”.
70 euro fine will not stop the trend
Nevertheless, the mountain rescue service is pleased with the competence. In total, the conservationists can quickly punish 32 violations. Unauthorized camping costs 70 euros. Gabriele Pfurtscheller, head of the Tyrolean mountain rescue service, does not believe this can end the trend. She fears the problem will continue to grow. Because more and more “insider tips” for wild campers are circulating on the internet: “There are now separate apps for this. The most beautiful places are advertised in it. However, people like to keep quiet about the fact that wild camping is prohibited in Tyrol.”
Source: Krone
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