"A massive avalanche in an off-piste area at the Stubai Glacier, Austria, triggered a major rescue operation on Thursday morning, November 27, after eight skiers were swept up in the slide. The avalanche occurred around 9:15 a.m. in the freeride terrain east of the Daunscharte. The Austrian Alpine Organization believes that the slide was most likely triggered by skiers in the area. The avalanche swept all the way onto slope 9, Kogelferner, however, police confirmed that no guests on marked pistes were caught."
"Because it was initially unclear whether anyone had been buried, emergency services launched a comprehensive search of the avalanche cone using transceiver teams and avalanche search dogs. Thankfully, no signals were detected. Rescue teams then organized several probe lines made up of both emergency personnel and civilians; this search also yielded no results. A final sweep was conducted by the Ministry of the Interior's helicopter Libelle Tirol using a Recco search device, again with negative findings."
"In total, nearly 250 people participated in the rescue effort, including mountain rescue teams, alpine police, Stubai Glacier staff, members of the German Bundeswehr who were on site for a training camp by chance, Czech and Polish mountain rescuers, and dozens of civilians. Of the eight people caught in the avalanche, five escaped uninjured. Two were airlifted to Hall Hospital by the emergency medical helicopter Alpin 2."
A massive avalanche struck off-piste freeride terrain east of the Daunscharte on the Stubai Glacier around 9:15 a.m. on November 27, sweeping eight skiers and reaching slope 9, Kogelferner. The Austrian Alpine Organization believes skiers likely triggered the slide. Emergency services launched comprehensive searches of the avalanche cone with transceiver teams, avalanche dogs, probe lines of emergency personnel and civilians, and a helicopter sweep using a Recco device; no burial signals were found. Nearly 250 rescuers participated, including mountain rescue teams, alpine police, Stubai Glacier staff, the German Bundeswehr, Czech and Polish rescuers, and civilians. Five people were unharmed and three sustained injuries; two were airlifted to Hall Hospital.
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