Overview

• A 58-year-old visitor from North Rhine-Westphalia survived an estimated 30-meter fall while descending the Pflugtal on Hohen Göll.
• Despite multiple fractures, lacerations, and abrasions, he left the impact site before being found and was winched out by the Christoph 14 helicopter at last light, then transported to Klinikum Traunstein.
• The helicopter crew also retrieved two climbers from the Jagerwieselsteig the same evening because they could no longer descend in darkness.
• In a separate incident in Italy, a 70-year-old German fell about 60 meters near the Tschagerjoch in the Rosengarten and died as his daughter witnessed the accident.
• Italian mountain services report more than 100 deaths this season and link many callouts to poor preparation or gear, with a rescuer noting drizzly conditions in the Fassa Valley during the latest fatality.