An avalanche on Sunday in Lech/Zürs was less severe than initially feared. Initially, ten people were searched for. Just before 1 a.m. Monday, police said four people were injured, one seriously, but the other six people were not affected by the avalanche. “According to the current state of knowledge, it can be assumed that no more people are missing,” the statement said.
Nevertheless, “a security search will be carried out on Monday for final clarification”. Shortly before 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, a report of an avalanche in Zürs, in the area of the Trittkopf, was received. The slope below was also relocated over a length of 500 – 600 meters.
Video: ORF reporter Stefan Krobath reports from Lech/Zürs
On the mobile phone video of a witness standing in the distance, ten winter sports enthusiasts could be seen in the area of the avalanche path. That had aroused concern about ten buried people and triggered a large-scale operation with up to 200 rescuers at times. In the course of the large-scale rescue operation, a partially buried man was rescued from the avalanche. He was flown to Innsbruck Regional Hospital with serious injuries.
Since it was not clear at this point how many winter sports enthusiasts were still in the avalanche, the search was continued with 7 helicopters. In the course of the evening, the people who can be seen on the video reported. Some of them drove down into the valley independently and initially did not report their involvement in the avalanche accident. Ultimately, four of the ten people were injured – one seriously.
200 helpers in action
The avalanche went off just before 3:00 p.m. below the Trittkopf (2,720 meters) at the Trittkopfberg station. It began in open terrain, but the masses of snow also hit ski slope no. 134 (Balmen). Shortly thereafter, eight helicopters, including three from Tyrol, and several search parties were on their way to the avalanche cone. The helicopters landed and took off again and again on the Flexenpass (1,773 meters), which was closed to traffic.
Image: (APA/EXPA/PETER RINDERER)
According to information from the police and the municipality Lech, to which Zürs belongs, over 200 people were involved in the search. “We do everything to save the winter sports enthusiasts,” said the community. After dark, the avalanche cone was illuminated and the search continued on land.
Video: ORF reporter Stefan Krobath reported live from the Arlberg on the search operation in the early evening and spoke to the operations coordinator, Hermann Fercher.
All clear in Tyrol
An avalanche in the free ski area of Sölden (district Imst) early Sunday afternoon came to a happy end. After a search operation of around two and a half hours with 40 helpers and several dogs, the all-clear was given, the police informed:
All-clear after avalanche in Tyrol
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