Overview
- Two separate avalanches in Austria’s Salzburg state on Saturday left five people dead in free alpine terrain.
- A woman was buried around 12:30 at the Schmugglerscharte near Bad Hofgastein and died despite resuscitation efforts after her husband raised the alarm.
- Around 14:00 at the Finsterkopf in the Großarltal, a seven-person tour group was caught, with four found dead, one seriously injured, one lightly injured and one unhurt.
- Rescuers deployed about 90 mountain responders, several helicopters, search dogs and Red Cross crisis teams, while additional skier-triggered slides in Hüttschlag and Großarl caused no injuries.
- In Switzerland on Friday at Piz Badus in Graubünden, a seven-person group was hit by a slide that killed a German skier as four others were rescued with light to moderate injuries.