Overview
- The accident occurred Saturday near Ehrwald on a via ferrata at the Zugspitze, according to the Tyrol police.
- The victim, a 19-year-old from Germany’s Göppingen district, was not clipped to the safety cable and was swept over steep, rocky terrain.
- Mountain rescue teams reached the site quickly but recovered the climber dead.
- A 21-year-old companion from the Lörrach district remained attached with a carabiner and was unharmed.
- The Tyrol avalanche warning service had posted a moderate level‑2 danger for higher elevations and cautioned about human-triggered slabs from weak layers in the old snowpack.