2023-12-24 17:12:12
In all likelihood, a 46-year-old local man was buried in an avalanche at Rappenkopf in the municipality of St. Leonhard im Pitztal on Saturday. The search operation, which was stopped on Saturday evening, was continued on Sunday without any results. It was canceled once more on the followingnoon of Christmas Eve and will resume in the next few days, police said. The man set out alone on Saturday morning and has been missing since then.
The avalanche broke out on Saturday around 2:30 p.m. in unfavorable conditions (major avalanche danger level 4) at an altitude of almost 2,200 meters. According to the police, the avalanche cone is of huge proportions: it is around one kilometer long and 300 meters wide in the search area The masses of snow accumulated up to ten meters high. The search operation was started because ski tracks led into the avalanche cone. It was canceled at around 6:45 p.m. due to the danger of avalanches and resumed on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. The search was temporarily suspended once more in the early followingnoon.
70 people from various mountain rescue services, avalanche warning services and the police were on duty. Two helicopters and three avalanche search dogs were also involved.
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