Overview

• About 4,000 cubic meters of brittle limestone broke away at roughly 1,700 meters altitude in the rear Wimbachtal.
• A police helicopter airlifted 18 adults, one teenager and one child after the landslip buried a 100-meter stretch of the Wimbachgrieshütte–Trischübelsattel trail.
• A 46-year-old tourist from Hesse suffered a minor ankle injury from a bouncing rock and walked back to the nearby Wimbachgrieshütte.
• Park officials have closed the affected route, forcing hikers to plan extended detours around the debris field.
• Previous collapses, including a 200,000-cubic-meter fall in 1999, highlight the region’s ongoing limestone instability.