"According to the Salzburg Mountain Rescue, four ski tourers were killed on Saturday afternoon when an avalanche swept through the Finsterkopf area in the Großarl Valley, in the federal state of Salzburg. The avalanche occurred at an altitude of around 2,150 meters (7,054 feet) and buried a group of seven ski tourers. Rescue teams were able to recover three people alive, though several sustained serious injuries, while four members of the group were found dead beneath the snow."
"Mountain rescue officials warned that avalanche conditions remain highly unstable. "The avalanche situation is delicate," a spokeswoman for the Salzburg Mountain Rescue said, explaining that old snow layers and recent snowfall are poorly bonded, making spontaneous and skier-triggered avalanches more likely. Gerhard Kremser, district head of the Pongau Mountain Rescue, described the incidents as a stark warning: "This tragedy painfully shows how serious the current avalanche situation is.""
Five people died in two separate avalanches in Salzburg, Austria. Four ski tourers were killed when an avalanche swept the Finsterkopf area in the Großarl Valley at around 2,150 meters, burying a group of seven; rescue teams recovered three people alive while four were found dead beneath the snow and several sustained serious injuries. Earlier, a woman traveling with her husband was killed in an avalanche in the Bad Hofgastein area; her husband survived. Investigations into the exact circumstances and victims' identities are ongoing. Mountain rescue officials warned that old snow layers and recent snowfall are poorly bonded, increasing the likelihood of spontaneous and skier-triggered avalanches. Around 90 mountain rescuers, additional emergency personnel and several helicopters were deployed, and the injured were flown to nearby hospitals. Between 20-50 centimeters of new snow fell in parts of the Austrian Alps after weeks of limited snowfall.
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