Terrible mountain drama – mother (31) and daughter (5) died

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The series of fatal hiking accidents in the area of ​​the Swiss Alpstein massif, not far from the border with Vorarlberg, continues. On Monday, a 31-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter fell about 80 meters while hiking. Both could only be found dead. This means that five mountaineers have already died in this area this summer.

On Monday, a family walked in the border area between the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Innerrhoden from the Äscher towards Altenalp. On the hiking trail between Weesen and Altenalp, shortly after passing a meadow, the 31-year-old mother and her five-year-old daughter fell from the steep slope for unknown reasons.
Despite an intensive search that started immediately, in which the Alpine Rescue Eastern Switzerland (ARO), the Appenzell rescue team, the Swiss air rescue service “Rega”, a helicopter from the Zurich cantonal police and dog handlers from the canton of St. Gallen police and the ARO took part, mother and daughter were found dead moments later in the steep terrain and rescued by the “Rega”.
The tragic accident was not the first fatal accident in the region. Three other mountaineers have already died in the Alpstein massif in recent months. In late May, a 44-year-old slipped while crossing a snowfield and fell several hundred meters. A little over two weeks ago, within an hour, a man and a woman fell independently, but in almost the same place.

Source: Krone

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