Meanwhile, rescue services deployed more than 200 personnel and several helicopters. Where did the accidents happen? The avalanches occurred in the Grossarl Valley of the Salzburg region, in Bad Hofgastein and in Pusterwald of the Styria region. Four skiers died when an avalanche struck a group of seven off-piste skiers, on the 2,150-metre Finsterkopf peak in the Grossarl Valley in the Salzburg state, rescuers said. The others were seriously injured, they added.
The first avalanche struck in the morning in the upper Maira Valley in the province of Cueno, above the town of Accelli, at an altitude of 2,330 meters (7,644 feet) and buried two alpinists. While the alarm was raised immediately and three helicopters responded from numerous rescue teams, the woman could only be pronounced dead. Her partner survived with serious injuries and was taken to hospital. Images from the scene show the scale of the avalanche that struck the popular backcountry route.
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On Saturday, December 6, three skiers near Butler Gulch, Colorado, were caught and partially buried by an avalanche triggered by another party upslope. The avalanche, which started small, was remotely triggered by a skier travelling across a slope connected to the steeper terrain above, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. As the initial slide began to move, it stepped down, leading to an avalanche that spanned the entire slope, with a crown about 200-300 feet wide, and broke down to the bed surface below.
According to initial reports, the older climber was clipped into the fixed-rope section 20 meters above, when he saw the slab release and shouted a warning to his partner. His younger partner, who was not secured to the cable at that moment, could not avoid the avalanche and was swept away and carried down steep, rocky terrain by the snow masses. The 21-year-old was able to alert search and rescue immediately.
A skier was swept about 150 feet in an avalanche on Mt. Olsen in the Virginia Lakes area of California's Eastern Sierra Mountains on Sunday, November 30, according to an update shared by the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center (ESAC) on December 2. The avalanche occurred at roughly 10,600 feet on a northeast-facing slope and broke 12 to 24 inches deep on a layer of weak, faceted snow.
Three Italian climbers were among five foreigners and two Nepali guides who were confirmed killed on Monday when a huge avalanche smashed through a base camp near the summit of Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal's Himalayan range, according to reports. list of 4 itemsend of list Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday that local authorities had confirmed the deaths of the three Italian climbers, but there remains no news of seven other Italian nationals who have been reported missing.
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