US Edition5 skiers killed in a pair of avalanches in Austria
Five skiers died in two off-piste avalanches amid heavy snowfall and repeated warnings, with about 90 rescuers responding to the Salzburg Pongau region incidents.
- On Saturday, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported five off-piste skiers died in two avalanches in the Pongau area, near Salzburg.
- Since last week, heavy snowfall has produced unstable avalanche conditions across the Alps, while open alpine terrain increased exposure with a skier buried earlier the same day.
- An off‑piste avalanche struck a group of seven ski tourers in Pongau on Saturday, killing four and seriously injuring one, while earlier a female skier was buried after her husband called for help.
- Pongau mountain rescue officials said the current avalanche situation is serious, district head Gerhard Kremser said, and rescuers could not immediately be reached while further avalanches occurred around midday without injuries.
- Across the Alps, reports show several deaths since last week, including six in France, a German man in Switzerland, and fatalities in Bad Gastein and Weerberg, Tyrol.
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In many parts of the Alps, the avalanche situation is explosive. Nevertheless, the ski tourer does not seem to deter. In three cases, excursions in the snow ended fatally.
Bad weather has caused at least nine deaths in the Alps in the last week.
After heavy snowfall and several deaths, off-piste skiers are urged to be very careful in Austria.
5 Skiers Are Killed in Alps Avalanches
Five skiers were killed in a pair of avalanches in the Salzburg Pongau region of western Austria on Saturday, authorities said. Four of them were killed by a snow slide in the Gastein Valley, south of the city of Salzburg, that swept away seven people. Two people were injured—one...
Five people died on Saturday in two avalanches in the Alps in Austria, said Austrian public audiovisual group ORF.
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