Other mountaineers called emergency services - woman was stuck on a precarious steep slope. Mountain rescue service and the crew of the Hinterglemm emergency medical helicopter “Martin 6’ had to secure them in the area and fly them out with rope.

The 65-year-old woman from Upper Bavaria ended up on a steep slope that was dangerous to fall off the Hochstaufen-Goldtropfsteig. A direct approach into the fragile slope could have resulted in the woman falling over the steep cliff face.