Grainau: Avalanche above the Eibsee - large-scale deployment of rescue workers

Dream weather in the mountains - and then that: On Saturday afternoon, an avalanche goes off in the Riffelriss area in Grainau.

Fortunately, there are no people buried in the popular touring area.

Grainau -

on Saturday afternoon: avalanche release in the Riffelriss area in

.

Since the area is popular with ski tourers, the control center triggered a major alarm.

and

with the support of dog handlers and three helicopters arrived.

“During the first overflights it became clear that there were traces of ski tourers in the

.

Some led in, others out again, ”emphasizes Mayor Stephan Märkl.

For a long time it was not clear whether there were buried victims.

Grainau: High avalanche danger in the Alps

The all-clear finally around

The operation was ended - the

had set up their quarters in Untergrainauer Feld.

Apparently there were no people in the area when the

went off.

It

was known

that the

high.

After the abundant fresh snowfall in the past few days, the warning center in Bavaria issued level 4 out of a maximum of 5 for the Werdenfels Alps from 1600 meters, including level 3. The Hohenpeißenberg expert Thomas Feistl talks about how dangerous the situation is in an interview with Merkur.

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