[Updated with more details and photos on September 15] An avalanche buried a German hiker on Saturday and subsequently an Austrian rescue worker in a follow-on avalanche The 72-year-old German hiker had been hiking in a group of 27 hikers on the summer hiking trail in the Karwendel region in Austria a team member was caught by a follow-on avalanche Two further members of the hiking group were partially buried by were able to free themselves Rescue teams from Austria and Germany worked in close cooperation to get to the site of the avalanche The helicopter sent from Tyrol had to turn around but two German helicopters were able to support search and rescue efforts as well as avalanche dogs from the Bavarian mountain rescue Rescue teams from Lenggries and Murnau arrived on foot at the scene of the accident the operation was difficult and extremely dangerous because of the danger of avalanches an Austrian mountain rescue worker was partially buried by another avalanche He was recovered and taken with knee injuries to the control center Austrian helicopters supported the search for the missing hiker and the RECCO search device was able to pick up a signal from the victim RECCO helicopter detectors can quickly search large areas covering a square kilometer in six minutes the search had to be canceled around 3 p.m The other hikers in his group made it safely through the dangerous area into the valley The Alpine Police will decide whether and when the search will continue on Sunday the group had arrived in the area on Friday and had planned to hike for the entire weekend the group decided to abandon the hiking tour and turned around this decision came too late for one of the group’s members There is little hope the man is still alive given the survival rate drops significantly after being buried for two hours or more While it is unusual for avalanches to occur in September September avalanches are typically caused by early snowfall and climbers venturing into high-risk areas these incidents highlight the importance of monitoring weather and snow conditions All photos below are by Bergwacht Lenggries skier Petar Popangelov won first place in the slalom event at the Lenggries World Cup becoming the first Bulgarian to win an Alpine Skiing World Cup event Popangelov is a Bulgarian alpine ski racer His father was one of the most prominent Bulgarian skiers at that time In his first international participation he took eighth place in the slalom of the children's competition in Italy "Mickey Mouse" in 1973 These were the first steps on his journey of successful participations in many competitions In 1974 he was first in the slalom of the "Druzhba" races in Romania The following year he placed 13th in the European Junior Championships and in 1975 he was already European Junior Slalom Champion when he became the winner of the European Alpine Cup and in 1979 he was runner-up three times and remained fourth in the final World Cup slalom standings In the period from 1977 to 1988 Popangelov participated in World Cup competitions in alpine skiing In World Cup races he placed in the top ten 37 times Petar Popangelov finished sixth in the slalom at two Winter Olympics He is a three-time World Student Slalom Champion - in Spain (1981) Bulgaria (1983) and Czechoslovakia (1987).  On the 80th anniversary of skiing in Bulgaria on June 21 Petar Popangelov and four other athletes were named skiers of the twentieth century - Ivan Lebanov the "Yastrebets 2" ski slope in the resort of Borovets was named after him Petar Popangelov is a recipient of the Wreath of Winner badge of honour of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (January 2020) Contacts +359 2 9262 210 By accepting cookies you can enjoy a better experience while browsing pages This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page People ski up the slope on the Draxlhang in the Brauneck ski area using a T-bar lift in Lenggries Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm weather in much of Europe is allowing green grass to blanket many mountaintops across the region where snow might normally be It has caused headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white this time of year GENEVA (AP) — Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in much of Europe is allowing grass to blanket mountaintops across the region where snow might normally be causing headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white rock and dirt were visible today in some of Europe’s skiing meccas — like Innsbruck in Austria Villars-sur-Ollon and Crans-Montana in Switzerland and Germany’s Lenggries and far beyond The dearth of snow has revived concerns about temperature upheaval linked to climate change On a swath stretching from France to Poland many parts of Europe were enjoying short-sleeve weather A weather map showed Poland racking up daily highs in the double digits Celsius — or more than 50 Fahrenheit — in recent days It’s a sharp contrast to the frigid weather and blizzards in parts of the United States late last year Swiss state forecaster MeteoSuisse pointed to some of the hottest temperatures ever this time of year already hit a record average daily temperature of 18.1 degrees Celsius (nearly 65 Fahrenheit) on the first day of the year over 2-1/2 degrees Celsius higher than the previous record high for January Other cities and towns followed suit with records MeteoSuisse quipped on its blog: “… this turn of the new year could almost make you forget that it’s the height of winter.” The start to 2023 picked up where many countries had already left off: Last year was the hottest on record in both Switzerland and France the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization says the past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record Its final tally on global temperature figures for 2022 will be released in mid-January national weather agency Meteo France said 2022 ended with some of the warmest weather the country has ever experienced at this time of year — capping an exceptionally warm year that saw temperature records broken and rampant forest fires and drought conditions But snow is notably lacking at lower altitudes in the northern Alps and across the Pyrenees Germany too has seen unusually springlike temperatures with temperatures as high as 16 degrees Celsius (61 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country today New Year’s Eve is believed to have been the warmest Dec The German Weather Service reported readings of 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) and just above at four weather stations in southern Germany NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war Israel (AP) — Israel approved plans today to capture the entire Gaza Strip and to stay in the .. 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The local branch of the German Alpine Association has called for a reward for anyone able to identify the suspect and announced that it was trying to rebuild the Alpine cross on the Scharfreuter in time for a mass scheduled to be held on the mountain on 9 October. unveiled the newest addition to Hard Rock Stadium for Super Bowl LIV and it is awesome!