All nine were found by rescuers and helicoptered to hospital theSun theSundaily news alps Swiss Switzerland AvalancheSummit
: Nine ski hikers escaped with their lives after being caught by a major avalanche high in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, emerging with only light to moderate injuries.The avalanche was triggered near the summit of the Alphubel mountain in the Saas-Fee area of the southwestern Wallis canton, close to the Italian border.“While groups of varying sizes were on the Alphubel at an altitude of 4,000m, an avalanche was triggered.
Nine were airlifted to hospitals in the nearby towns of Visp and Sion. Of those, three were able to leave after outpatient treatment and the others were being kept in overnight under observation.“They were very lucky, we can say that.” The other seven people on the mountain were unaffected by the avalanche or were able to extricate themselves uninjured. They too were airlifted off.Emergency rescue services were on alert in the Wallis Alps due to the high numbers of winter sports enthusiasts taking advantage of the favourable weather over the Easter holiday long weekend.
Switzerland’s Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research said the avalanche risk for Saturday was 2+ in southern Wallis, on the scale of 1 to 5 . Fifteen people have died in avalanches in Switzerland between October 1, 2022 and March 31 this year, while one person remains missing, the SLF said. The figure is close to the 20-year average of 17 deaths. - AFP
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