Overview
- Three members of a five-person party slipped from an icy slope in Makharskoye Gorge and suffered multiple injuries.
- Ground teams from the Karachay–Cherkessia search-and-rescue unit used high-mobility vehicles to reach the hikers.
- Rescuers escorted the group from about 2,900 meters altitude to a waiting helicopter.
- The helicopter flew them to a tourist base where the injured were transferred to medical personnel.
- EMERCOM reported that 15 responders took part in the operation and emphasized that the group had not registered with the agency.