The Tyrolean top mountain rescuer Hermann Spiegl sees the cause of many ski accidents that currently happen on the Tyrolean slopes in “the much too high speed”. It’s easy to drive very fast with little skill.
The aerial photos that Hans Schlager, head of the Innsbruck flight center and pilot of the Libelle Tyrol, made available to the “Tiroler Krone” speak a clear language: Tyrol is almost green at the turn of the year, with narrow ribbons of artificial snow falling from the mountains descends into the valley. Anyone who crosses the edge of the piste has very bad cards in terms of health.
The fact that the slopes are in top condition due to the artificial snow has one drawback. “Compared to before, the slopes are all ‘board life’. This makes it very easy to go very fast with little skiing power,” says Hermann Spiegl, head of the Tyrolean mountain rescue service. Many people take advantage of these conditions and go beyond their own limits. “I was now at home in the Wildschönau in the relatively small ski area on the Markbachjoch with my grandchildren and sometimes even got scared,” he says. His conclusion: “Many simply travel too fast.”
The passionate skier advises all “wannabe Hirschers” to only drive fast enough to brake in time. And: “The driver should be able to decide for himself where the journey goes – not the ski!” Spiegl remembers the Corona winter 2020/2021, when no guests came to the country. “Skiing was relaxed back then, the locals are better at skiing,” he says. And the “alcohol” factor was also excluded at the time.
In the Steinplatte ski area, where the two 17-year-olds died in an accident on Wednesday, the mountain rescue service Waidring is responsible for the slope service. Regardless of the accident, Markus Brandstätter, local manager of the mountain rescue service, sees a big difference between locals and guests: “The local skiers think more about how to behave in the respective conditions.”
Source: Krone
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