On the Jäger emergency trail

Woman and her dog fell 20 meters into a rock gully

Two Carinthian women and their two dogs chose a route from their tracking app for their descent in the Gailtal Alps. But this led them onto a hunter's emergency route ...

At around 12.00 noon, the emergency call reached Spittal/Drau-Stockenboi Mountain Rescue - a woman had fallen with her dog in the Gailtal Alps in the Staffs area. "We immediately deployed seven men. The accident happened on a hunter's emergency route," explains Edmund Steiner in an interview with the "Krone" newspaper. "This is an unmarked route, but their tracking app had indicated this path to the women."

Hike with large dogs
However, the two Carinthian women were not on their own. "They had their big dogs with them. A Münsterländer and a golden retriever, which weigh a good 50 to 60 kilograms," Steiner continues. "The woman and a dog had fallen a good 20 meters and were lying in a steep rocky gully. A terrestrial rescue was not possible." The mountain rescuers therefore called for further assistance, including from the air.

Rescue by helicopter
"The Libelle police helicopter was then able to rescue the woman and her dog. She had injured her leg and her dog was so badly injured that it could no longer move, but it was still alive," reports Steiner. "The second woman and her dog were both able to walk - we were then able to rescue them and bring them safely down into the valley." The rescue operation took a total of five hours.