The Lenggrieser mountain rescue service calls for 27 missions at the Brauneck over the weekend

Created: 02/16/2022, 7:30 p.m

By: Daniel Wegscheider

The mountain rescue service often uses the Skidoo for their operations, as here in the Brauneck ski area.

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Lenggries - sunshine and icy temperatures - almost perfect weather for skiers and hikers.

Just like last weekend.

The resulting rush also gave the volunteers of the mountain rescue team a few assignments: there were 27 in total, including a paraglider who had crashed.

Another weekend with a lot of work at Brauneck for the alpine rescuers from Lenggries, Bad Tölz, Wolfratshausen and Munich is behind them.

The most unusual was the use of a crashed paraglider near the Stiealm.

"After the alarm was raised on Sunday afternoon, the detector could unfortunately no longer be identified and the landlord of the Stiealm could not give the mountain rescue team any information either," says Lenggries mountain rescue team spokeswoman Lina Feile.

Pilot has to make an emergency landing at Latschenkopf

A member of the Wolfratshausen mountain rescue service, which is stationed at the Latschenkopf, set out on foot to the area in question.

At the same time, the operations manager coordinated a rescue helicopter to the site to search the area from above.

"After the report that the young man was unhurt and would pack up the glider independently, the helicopter team sent a person down the winch to pick up the paraglider who had made an emergency," reports operations manager Willi Härtle from the Lenggrieser mountain rescue service.

In the valley, the crew was able to let the man go home with a clear conscience.

The wave of operations began around 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The rescuers had to deal with a total of eleven missions.

"In addition to the classic knee and foot injuries, there was also a dislocated shoulder as a result of a fall," explains Feile: "All patients were treated successfully and brought down to the valley."

Sunday also made the emergency services on the mountain sweat.

16 missions, spread over about ten hours, kept the rescuers on their feet.

"Around one to two hours can be expected per operation," explains Feile.

"Including evacuation of the patients and reprocessing of the material used."

A wide range of injuries awaited the rescuers.

In addition to the usual knee and foot injuries, there was an injury to the shoulder, the spine, an upper arm fracture and a cut on the forearm.

According to the mountain rescue service, a woman fell and a subsequent skier ran the edges of his ski over her forearm.

Missing child returns unharmed

The final patrol, during which all slopes are checked again by the mountain rescue service, had two assignments: First, an exhausted person had to be helped from the Milchhäusl down into the valley.

Then the mountain rescue service received the message that a four-year-old was missing.

She was last seen on the Draxlhang.

"But she was brought back quickly and unharmed by a helpful passer-by," Härtle concludes.