Tragic hiking accident: Graz native falls into death on the looser 200 meters

Tragic hiking accident: Graz native falls into death on the looser 200 meters

Loser, Steiermark, Österreich - On June 6, 2025, a tragic accident occurred on the Loser in Styria, in which a 50-year-old woman from Graz crashed around 200 meters. The accident was discovered by a hiker on Thursday morning. There are no indications of external debt, and the Graz native undertook her hike alone.

The woman was in the process of walking the "Sissi" panorama climbing dough twice. The fall occurred at the second climb around 8:45 p.m. At the time of the crash, she was on a flatter terrain and was no longer secured on the steel rope. The rescue of the body was carried out by a team of a police helicopter, which underlines the dramatic circumstances of the accident.

Statistical background to alpine accidents

The incident is not isolated, but is part of the annual alpine accidents in Austria. According to the Austrian Board of Trustees for Alpine Security (ÖKAS) and the alpine police, over 8,000 alpine accidents are documented in an anonymized database annually, with all accidents being recorded in which the alpine police are involved. This includes both fatal and non-fatal incidents.

The database aims to support accident research and prevention work in mountain sports. It is important to note that entries can also be made afterwards, which can lead to deviations in the query results. As a rule, accidents are only recorded if there is suspicion of external negligence, for example in collisions or impact accidents.

insights into mountain sports security

The accidents recorded are divided into different categories, including dead, injured and uninjured. The seriousness of the consequences of the accident is also divided, for example into slightly injured, seriously injured and life -threatening. In the mountain sports scene, it is increasingly pointed out to the need for security precautions, since about a third of the accident people are able to shed an emergency call or to be recovered unharmed, often due to blocking in the area.

The accident statistics have been registered and analyzed by the alpine police since 2005/06, whereby statistical evaluations use a confidence interval of p ≤ 0.05 to identify significant differences in different types of accident. The tragic incident on the Loser illustrates the risks associated with mountain sports, and can serve as a further impetus to check and improve the security standards in the alpine area.