On Friday an avalanche went off on Staufenklar, three men were injured, some seriously.
But as the BRK announced, the group was even lucky in the misfortune.
Inzell - On Friday (January 22), three young men were
injured, some seriously,
in an
avalanche in the upper Staufenklar on the northwest side of the Hochstaufens
.
The men were carried away around 100 meters in altitude.
The accident happened around 2.40 p.m., as the
Bavarian Red Cross, district association Berchtesgadener Land announced
.
Avalanche at Hochstaufen: three alpinists are injured - helicopters in action
“The 33, 25 and 22 year old ski mountaineers from the districts of
Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein
were on the ascent without strapped skis because of the steep last section and by a long way when, at a height of around 1,650 meters, there was an approximately 100 meter wide snow slab with an estimated edge of dissolved over a meter, which carried the locals with it, but only temporarily buried it superficially, so that they could free themselves, ”says a press release from the BRK.
The 33-year-old was seriously injured, the 25-year-old moderately and the 22-year-old slightly injured.
All three were looked after by a first aider, the mountain rescue service * and the crew of the Traunstein rescue helicopter * "Christoph 14".
They were flown into the valley.
Avalanche on the Hochstaufen: “luck in misfortune” for three ski mountaineers
The
BRK continues to write
about the
accident
: “A mountain rescue service from Freilassing was privately ascent when the
avalanche accident
occurred
an estimated 200 meters above him
: he immediately made an emergency call to the control center * in Traunstein and used his avalanche search device (LVS ) on the 300-meter-long and 100-meter-wide cone and provided
first aid
to
the two lightly injured and the seriously injured one
above, primarily
ensuring that
the
heat was retained
.
The large avalanche had largely cleared the Staufenkar.
Those affected were obviously lucky in the misfortune that they were hardly buried and caught without strapped on skis, which otherwise
pull down
like an
anchor
in an avalanche
if the binding is not released
. "
After the avalanche on Hochstaufen: three men injured and brought to hospitals
The seriously injured 33-year-old was taken to the Salzburg regional hospital, the other two men were brought to the Bad Reichenhall district clinic in an ambulance.
Around
60 emergency services
were involved, some of which lasted more than three hours.
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The Bergwacht Marktschellenberg had to go on a rather unusual assignment.
A Salzburg resident (55) had previously got into "crash-prone terrain".