Night-time rescue

8-hour mission: lost couple rescued from the mountain

Once again, someone may have underestimated a mountain tour: A German couple got lost in the Tyrolean Karwendel mountains on Monday evening and had no choice but to make an emergency call. In an eight-hour operation during the night, the alerted mountain rescuers brought the couple down to the valley unharmed.

The couple - two Germans aged 34 and 35 - had only set off on the tour from the Pleisenhütte in Scharnitz at around 6 pm (!). They were apparently supposed to take the Toni-Gaugg-Höhenweg to the Blassengrat.

Due to the darkness and fog, the two lost their way. They ended up in steep gullies interspersed with gravel.

Die Polizei

No way forward: Emergency call made
However, the ascent took longer than planned. And then night fell. "Due to the darkness and the fog, the two of them lost their way. They ended up in steep gullies interspersed with gravel. In the end, it was no longer possible to make any progress and they made an emergency call," reported the police.

For rescuers, it was only "closing time" in the morning
The Scharnitz mountain rescue team finally climbed up to the Germans and "led them unharmed to the mountain rescue home in Scharnitz in a mission that lasted from 10 p.m. to 5.45 a.m.", the investigators concluded.