A major search for an avalanche started on Saturday morning in St. Anton am Arlberg. Apparently two winter sports enthusiasts were buried under the snow masses.
At around 10:20 am, the avalanche in St. Anton in the “Törli” area was reported to the Tyrol control center. “A search has been launched. Two emergency helicopters and the police helicopter are also in action,” police spokesman Stefan Eder told the “Krone”. Two people would have been buried. The search was temporarily suspended around 11 a.m. For the safety of the rescuers, the avalanche commission had to first assess the situation, as the area was very prone to avalanches.
Avalanches were also reported in Schwendau in the Zillertal and in Fieberbrunn in the Kitzbühel district. It is not yet known whether and how many people have been buried.
Avalanche warning level 4 in Tyrol
There is a great avalanche danger in Tyrol these days. The experts of the avalanche warning service issued level four of the five-part scale for large parts of the country on Saturday. “The conditions off the slopes are very difficult. The current avalanche situation requires great restraint!”
Individual athletes can cause avalanches
Medium and large avalanches are to be expected – also spontaneous. The situation is especially precarious above the tree line. Fresh snow and snowdrifts can be very easily activated in all lighting conditions, even by individual winter sports enthusiasts. The danger spots are widespread and barely recognizable even to experienced users. Be careful also in the area of the tree line and below the tree line,” the experts emphasize.
Only Friday afternoon in the Ötztal valley, a 32-year-old Chinese was swept away 100 meters by a slab of snow and buried. The man died.
Source: Krone
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