Overview

• A five-member youth group stranded at the summit during Saturday’s rockfall was reached by a four-rescuer foot team and escorted down the same evening.
• The section of path below the popular peak and adjoining trails remains closed, with no estimate for reopening from the municipality.
• Persistent fog is blocking helicopter and drone flights, so an aerial expert survey is planned once conditions improve.
• Mountain rescue officials caution that additional breakoffs are possible in the affected area.
• The incident follows other recent Alpine rockfalls, including an August slide in Berchtesgaden that led to about 20 helicopter evacuations and one minor injury.