Avalanche Descent in South Tyrol: a Tourer Missing

In the Ortler area in South Tyrol, an avalanche accident occurred on Friday morning, during which a 28-year-old tourer died. The search for him was initially interrupted due to the danger of avalanches. Saturday morning the body was finally found.

SULDEN. An avalanche took place Friday morning in the area of the Knigssspitze in the Ortler area in S dtirol and took two Italian touring enthusiasts along.

At around 11.30 a.m., an emergency call was received during the rescue of the Sulden mountain: avalanche descent on the Königsspitze, in the area of the eastern channel. A climber was carried 300 metres high by the snow masses and spilled. The mountain rescuers immediately withdrew.The buried man is a 28-year-old man from Leifers. At present, nothing is known about the condition of the buried person, a helmet was found in the area of the avalanc…