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Tourists Led by GPS Drive Onto Andorra Ski Slope, Triggering Three-Hour Rescue

The visitors lacked the skills to fit the snow chains carried in their hire car.

Overview

  • Three Taiwanese women in a hire SUV followed directions onto a ski run near Grau Roig and became stuck in snow around 10:45 a.m. on January 6.
  • Emergency services were dispatched to Bordes d’Envalira after the group reported they could not fit the snow chains stored in the vehicle.
  • Rescuers used three cranes to return the car to the road in an operation lasting about three hours, with recovery completed around 1:30 p.m.
  • Images shared online show the vehicle beside ski infrastructure, and the tourists appeared uninjured and in good spirits as help arrived.
  • Coverage frames the episode as part of a pattern of GPS misdirections, citing an October case in Saltusio, Italy, involving a Porsche left on a cliff edge.