Overview

• Authorities in Carinthia suspended the operation pending new leads after multi-day ground and aerial searches produced no trace of Kai Mosbacher, 62, from Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
• The experienced solo climber sent a selfie from the 3,174-meter Schwarzkopf around 17:00 on Sept. 8 and then stopped his customary check-ins.
• Hut records show an overnight at the Hannoverhaus on Sept. 7–8, witnesses last saw him at the Osnabrücker Hütte, and a note indicated a plan toward the Ali-Lanti-Biwak though the exact route is unknown.
• Search efforts involved about 45 rescuers, multiple police helicopters, and extensive glacier sweeps across Carinthia and Salzburg, including a reported ten-hour ice search.
• Rescuers describe the area’s crevassed glacier terrain as technically demanding, and a friend has circulated a recent photo and description as police request public information.