Dramatic mountain rescue: climber falls ten meters into glacier column!

Dramatic mountain rescue: climber falls ten meters into glacier column!

Höllentalferner, Zugspitze, Deutschland - On July 4, 2025, a dramatic mountain accident occurred on the Höllentalferner on the Zugspitze, in which a mountaineer plunged upside down into a glacier column. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. when the man probably came off the marked path in the thick fog and got into steep terrain. Another climber who observed the fall, alerted the control center Oberland, whereupon the rescue workers of the mountain rescue service Grainau were quickly mobilized, such as Vol.at reported.

The emergency services arrived with two mountain residues, which were flown to the scene of the accident with the rescue helicopter "Christoph Murnau". The crashed mountaineer was found at a depth of about ten meters in the column. Due to its extreme hypothermia, his health had quickly deteriorated. Despite the difficult conditions that were further difficult by deeply hanging clouds, the team decided to crash.

complicated rescue operation

The mountain rescue was significantly more difficult by the weather conditions; Only after the rescue did the scene of the accident come into dense clouds. Using a pulley system, known as a “loose role”, the mountaineer was successfully recovered. An emergency doctor then brought him to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Clinic. There is currently no information about the exact degree of his injuries. A total of eleven volunteers from the Grainau mountain rescue service and the crew of the rescue helicopter were involved, such as the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported.

An investigation suggests that the accident of the three serious mountain accidents that have taken place in the Region in the past few days cannot be viewed in isolation. Also alpin.de emphasizes that many mountaineers, despite increasing dangers through climate change, without a safety rope, go over glacier, which can overthrow the risk, into a glacier gap,, increased.

In the past few days, the incidents show a worrying accumulation of accidents in the mountains. The need to raise safety precautions and awareness of the dangers in the mountains is becoming increasingly clear. Experts strongly recommend going in the rope while crossing glaciers in order to secure each other in the event of a fall.