Kühtai – Terrible accident while skiing in the Tyrolean mountains: Three Germans were caught in an avalanche during a ski tour, and a woman (28) died.
On Saturday around 9 a.m., the tourist took the bus with her partner (26) and his friend (32) to the Kühtai (Stubaier) ski area Alps). According to the Tyrol police, they wanted to climb to the Gaiskogel (2,820 meters) with freeride skis and a splitboard and ski down the Nordrinne from there.
They reached the summit at 11:20 a.m. According to the police, the snow there was very hard. The young woman lost a ski while going downhill.
According to the police, her partner decided to drive down the steep eastern flank Ski pick up. When he reached the bottom, he was suddenly hit by an avalanche and swept around 20 to 30 meters away. He rolled over several times.
Another avalanche swept the 28-year-old into the depths. She was buried by the snow. The alerted mountain rescue team dug them out. Tragic: Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful and the woman died at the scene of the accident.
Her partner and his friend, who was not hit by the avalanche, remained uninjured and were rescued by the emergency helicopter and looked after by mountain rescue.