Overview

• Rescuers confirmed two fatalities from the three-person ascent, with the third participant located higher on the slope uninjured and evacuated to meet medics.
• A Mi-8 helicopter with disaster-medicine staff flew to the site, and teams deployed at about 1,500 meters to begin the evacuation and search.
• Authorities reported the initial death of a man and later said an injured woman died from her wounds during the descent.
• Roughly 45 responders from EMERCOM, regional rescue services and volunteers took part in the mountainous operation complicated by icy, steep terrain and poor communications.
• Officials emphasized the group was not registered and that Vilyuchinsky’s route has been closed since July 1, 2025, with warnings that mountain travel is extremely dangerous during ongoing seismic activity.