They dug a cave in the snow: ski hikers from Munich got lost at -14 degrees at an altitude of 3,150 meters. A quick rescue failed due to a violent storm.

“It couldn’t have ended so harmlessly,” says a mountain rescue team. ‘They were physically and physically exhausted. If they hadn't been found early in the morning, things might not have turned out so well,’ says the mountain rescue service in East Tyrol. The three ski tourers were able to make an emergency call to the Tyrol control center.