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Search Resumes for 77-Year-Old Shepherd Missing in Gipuzkoa Snowstorm

Blizzard conditions are slowing the renewed search for the elderly herder in the Urbia highlands.

Overview

  • The Ertzaintza’s mountain rescue unit restarted operations this morning for a shepherd who disappeared yesterday near the Campas de Urbia on Aizkorri’s southern slope.
  • Family members raised the alarm shortly before 20:00 after he was expected to descend via the Katabera mines toward the Brinkola area.
  • Rescuers searched a hut the shepherd often uses and several nearby bordas overnight before a snowstorm forced a pause.
  • Efforts resumed with UVR specialists working with a rural patrol from the Ertzain-etxea de Oria under coordination by a Basque Government emergency technician.
  • Heavy snow and poor visibility in Gipuzkoa are making ground searches difficult, and authorities say the situation remains developing.