A serious alpine accident occurred in the Dead Mountains on Saturday afternoon. Due to the approaching cold front, a ski tourer lost her balance on steep terrain and fell more than 200 meters. Her companion set the rescue chain in motion, prompting a major rescue operation.
On Saturday morning, a 49-year-old woman from Linz and her 52-year-old companion from St. Pölten left for a ski tour from the Wurzeralm. However, around noon a cold front appeared at the top of the Warscheneck, which prevented the two experienced alpinists from finding the start of the planned descent route, the police informed the “Krone”.
Suddenly you lost your balance
Instead, they decided to take the route via the Toten Mann towards the Rote Wand to return to the Wurzeralm. While descending very steep terrain with skis on her back, the woman from Linz, who was following the St. Pöltner, suddenly lost her balance and fell more than 200 meters into the Glöckelkar.
50 mountain rescuers climbed
Her companion immediately made a distress call and the rescue chain was set in motion. 50 mountain rescuers then climbed to the accident site from two sides, under the most unfavorable weather conditions. The seriously injured and hypothermic woman from Linz was transported on a stretcher about 700 meters downhill to a forest road, from where she was driven in a mountain rescue vehicle to about 800 meters above sea level.
Companion unharmed
An emergency helicopter picked her up around 6:30 p.m. and flew the 49-year-old to Linz Med-Campus Three. Her companion, who was unharmed but also seriously hypothermic, was led safely into the valley by mountain rescuers.
Source: Krone
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