Mountaineers in need: dramatic rescue on the Hohen Göll!

Mountaineers in need: dramatic rescue on the Hohen Göll!

Hohen Göll, Deutschland - On February 9, 2025, two mountaineers aged 40 and 45 came in a critical situation at the Hohen Göll in Bavaria. During their descent, they missed the so -called "cobbler route" and arrived in a gutter, about 2000 meters of altitude, which brought them into an emergency. At around 5 a.m., the emergency call was discontinued at the Traunstein control center after the two alpinists who had previously got through the mixed tour prelude and in the meantime could no longer continue. The lights of her headlamps were visible to eyewitnesses, but the mountain rescue service was not initially alerted because you saw no reason for an emergency as the Berchtesgadener Nachrichten.

The responsible operations management decided to wait for sunrise due to the good equipment of the climbers before starting a rescue operation. At 7:45 a.m., the rescue helicopter "Christoph 14" took off from Traunstein and took two mountain rescuers on board. The crew was able to quickly locate the missing duo and finally rescue the predicament with the wind. After an approximately one -hour rescue operation, the undershoted mountaineers were safely brought into the valley, as the Krone . This incident emphasizes the importance of the correct equipment and preparation on alpine tours.