Deadly avalanche accident: hiker dies on the Staller Sattel

Deadly avalanche accident: hiker dies on the Staller Sattel

Staller Sattel, 39030 EINEN, Italien - A tragic avalanche accident occurred on December 25, 2024 on the Staller saddle in the Puster Valley. A 54-year-old German hiker was hit by an avalanche around 1 p.m. and could not be saved. The man was traveling with his wife on a not prepared hiking trail at an altitude of 2052 meters when a snowboard suddenly loosened in the steep terrain and torn him. The woman who observed the incident immediately raised the alarm, but despite her efforts she could not find her husband in the avalanche, such as reported.

The alarmed rescue workers, including the fire brigade Antholz Mittertal and mountain rescue units from Antholz and Olang, immediately went to the scene of the accident. A helicopter from "Aiut Alpin Dolomites" supported the rescue from the air. The ready -to -use mountain rescue team first had to search for the buried hiker with probes because he had no avalanche popper with him. When the man could finally be recovered, the rescuers immediately began to attempts to rescue, but they remained unsuccessful due to adverse weather conditions and the severity of the accident, such as rainews.it