Missing vacationer: 76-year-old discovered in the forest in the Pongau!

Missing vacationer: 76-year-old discovered in the forest in the Pongau!

On Thursday, March 20, 2025, a 76-year-old woman from China, who lives in Vienna, broke open for a hike in Kleinarl. After a lunch together with her family in a mountain inn, she decided to walk into the valley on foot while her relatives drove into the valley with skis. This decision should turn out to be tragic, because the woman never arrived in the valley, which caused alarmed family members to inform the police and to initiate a large -scale search, like the 5min reported.

The search effort was enormous: dozens of emergency services from mountain rescue, fire brigade, alpine police and the Red Cross were active in the region for hours, supported by drones and a police helicopter. Shortly after the operation started, the sad news came: The 76-year-old was found alive in a forest. It is believed that she passed away due to exhaustion because she had no mobile phone with her and therefore there was no way to call for help. According to the police, she was last seen on a forest path, but after that, as the added.

In addition, Gerhard Kremser, district manager of the Pongauer mountain rescue, reported that a woodworker had seen the woman around 3:30 p.m., but after that, however, all help remained unreachable. The incident affected the region because the efforts to find the vacationer met with great mobilization of the emergency services. Unfortunately, the search for the 76-year-old was not as desired, which only underlines the drama of the situation.