Rescuers perform mountain rescues in Austria

Mountain rescue teams in Austria conducted two separate operations to save individuals stranded in dangerous terrain.

In the Austrian Alps, seven rescuers from Ehrwald Mountain Rescue descended to reach a 17-year-old climber stranded on the Zugspitze. Severe weather prevented an initial helicopter evacuation, forcing rescuers to reach the teenager on foot. After being treated for possible hypothermia, she was eventually transported by a police helicopter to a hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Rescuers noted that the pair, who were attempting a via ferrata route, lacked the necessary experience for winter conditions.

In a separate incident near Ebenau, Salzburg, rescue teams responded to a call involving two 14-year-old girls who slipped in a steep wooded area near the Strubklamm. The girls were found injured, hypothermic, and soaked in a ravine. Firefighters and mountain rescuers used ropes to secure the girls and prevent further sliding or injury from rockfall. They were eventually hoisted up using a vacuum mattress and mountain stretcher before being transported to a hospital by the Red Cross.