Avalanche hits snowshoe hiker on the Rotwand: Two helicopters in action. The operations manager of the Schliersee mountain rescue service was supposed to be able to process a few more emails before he even found out about the potential avalanche accident.
Poor cell phone reception made the search difficult. The Oldenburg man's 51-year-old mother called at around 3:30 p.m. and reported that she had been hit by the snow slab, but was fine and was already on the way back.