Lost on a mountain tour

Snowshoe hikers had to make an emergency call

Two snowshoe hikers on the Luschasattel (Karawanken) behaved in an exemplary manner on Saturday afternoon when they got lost in the rising fog and didn't know where to go next. Instead of continuing on, they alerted the Bad Eisenkappel mountain rescue service.

As the woman and the man from the Völkermarkt district no longer knew their way around in the thick fog, they acted in an exemplary manner and immediately alerted the Bad Eisenkappel mountain rescue service. Three alpine police officers and seven mountain rescuers were then flown to the vicinity of the Feistritzer Sattel by the Libelle police helicopter. The two hikers were able to transmit the exact coordinates and were quickly found.

As the terrain became steeper and steeper, they made the exemplary decision not to go any further.

Bergrettung Bad Eisenkappel

With the help of the mountain rescue service, the missing hikers were brought to the landing site, from where the police helicopter flew them to Alpengasthof Riepl. Fortunately, the two were very well equipped, as they had to hold out in the cold for two hours in the steep forest. 

Due to the avalanche warning level 3, the mountain rescue service advises people to find out exactly what the current situation is on the mountain before going on a ski or snowshoe tour.