Russische ‘Invasion’ auf heimischen Skipisten “”Allein am Sonntag landeten knapp 50 Maschinen aus Moskau, Kiew oder anderen Metropolen im Osten in Salzburg. An Bord: 12.000 Gäste, die alle nur ein Ziel haben – die heimischen Skigebiete.”” bron: Krone.at

“A German skier had to be put in an artificial coma after being buried by an avalanche. The 30-year-old woman was part of a group of seven tourists who decided to leave the groomed pistes and ski elsewhere in Sölden, Tyrol, yesterday (Sun). Three of them were buried by an avalanche shortly after skiing down unmarked territory. While two men aged 35 and 47 managed to free themselves within a few minutes, the woman had to be resuscitated after being buried under one and a half metres of snow for an undisclosed period of time. She was airlifted to a clinic in Innsbruck where doctors decided to put her in an artificial coma.

Officials said that only the woman and another member of the group were equipped with avalanche transceivers. Meanwhile, a 55-year-old skier managed to free himself after being swept away by an avalanche at the Leobner Mountain in Styria. The man suffered nothing but a hypothermia in the incident.

Around one to three dozen skiers, snowboarders and people on ski tours die as a result of avalanches in the Austrian Alps every winter. Mountain rescuers have pointed out that carrying avalanche transceivers can save lives. They also appealed to holidaymakers not to leave marked slopes.” bron: Austrian independent

“A teenager died after a coach crashed down a steep embankment on a slippery pass road in the Tyrolean Alps on the weekend. The 15-year-old boy was part of a group of skiers from Ichenhausen in Bavaria, Germany. He passed away due to serious internal injuries at a hospital in Innsbruck hours after the accident on Saturday afternoon. Thirty-six fellow tourists were injured as well when the coach came off the road, slid down a cliff for six metres before crashing against a concrete pillar at the Rettenbachferner glacier near Sölden.

Police are still investigating the incident to find out whether a technical failure or human error was to blame. It has not been made clear whether the 47-year-old driver was drunk. Officials, however, stressed that the street was slippery but not icy after hours of constant snowfall. Most of Austria’s mountainous areas have already been blanketed in snow for a few weeks, while its lowlands in the east had their first few centimetres on Saturday.” bron: Austrian independent

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