Overview
- Police report the teenager slipped on an icy north-facing traverse below the summit during the ascent and fell about 150 vertical meters into a snowfield.
- A hiker on a neighboring peak witnessed the accident and alerted emergency services.
- Bergwacht Unterammergau and an Austrian rescue helicopter located the victim, and the emergency doctor confirmed death at the scene.
- Rescuers reached the 13-year-old companion, provided intensive support, and handed him over to a crisis intervention team in the valley.
- The Alpine Einsatzgruppe West, under the direction of the Munich II prosecutor’s office, has opened an investigation, and authorities warn of overfrozen routes requiring careful risk management.