2 Backcountry Skiers Found Dead in Avalanche in Austria’s Tux Valley as Season Toll Rises to 28

2 Backcountry Skiers Found Dead in Avalanche in Austria’s Tux Valley as Season Toll Rises to 28

Analysis by Avalanche Tirol of the avalanche site. | Image: Alpinpolizei Tirol Two Austrian backcountry skiers were found dead Saturday, February 28, after being reported missing during a backcountry ascent of Tamlspitze in the Tux Valley of western Austria, authorities said. The 44-year-old and 47-year-old men had set out earlier in the day on a ski tour to Tamlspitze, a peak above the village of Lanersbach in the municipality of Tux, in the st…

Two Ski Mountaineers Found Dead After Avalanche on Tamlspitze, Tyrol

Repeated avalanche fatalities across the Alps in late February 2026 continue to underline the structural instability affecting multiple regions this winter. The latest tragedy occurred on Tamlspitze, in the municipality of Tux, within the Austrian state of Tyrol, where two ski mountaineers aged 44 and 47 were found dead beneath avalanche debris after failing to return from a summit tour. This incident forms part of the broader February 2026 Aval…