Germans Endured Night on the Mountain During Snowfall

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Fog and snowfall were two young German alpinists at the Schrankogel (3497 meters) in the Tyrolean Ötztal. The duo had lost their way during the descent on Saturday. A search action had to be stopped during the night due to adverse weather conditions. The two 18-year-olds could not be found until Sunday morning strongly undercooled.

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Two young Germans climb a 3,500-meter-high summit in Austria. The climbers get a massive problem when they descend: fog is rising.

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Two climbers at the age of 18 have fallen into mountain distress on Saturday afternoon when they descended from the Schrankogel (3,497 meters, Bez. Imst). According to the police, they left the marked path in the fog in steep, impassable terrain. When the duo settled down, they made an emergency call. Eight mountain rescuers and an Alpinpolizist set out on foot, because the use of a helicopter was impossible. The two Germans were only found heav…

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An alpine emergency at an altitude of almost 3,500 metres kept the forces in the Ötztal from Saturday afternoon to Sunday early in the morning: two 18-year-old climbers from Germany lost their orientation. A mountain trip in the Tyrolean Längenfeld ended yesterday 10 October 2026 in a dramatic survival struggle for two young alpinists. After a frosty night in steep, rough terrain, the two 18-year-old Germans could finally be rescued strongly und…

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Alpine emergency at the Schrankogel: In the afternoon, climbers canceled emergency call, after aborted search action rescue the next morning. LÄNGENFELD. Two German climbers (both 18 years old, from Hanover and the district of Aichach-Friedberg) left on Saturday, 10 October 2026 for a mountain tour on the 3,497-meter-high Schrankogel in the municipality area of Längenfeld. Emergency call off In the early afternoon, they were on the descent of th…

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Two 18-year-olds got into steep, impervious terrain on the descent from the Schrankogel and did not get any further. Helicopter operation was not possible at first, on Sunday morning the rescue succeeded.