Swiss Rescuers Respond To More Blockages In Ski Tours

2024-03-24 04:59:29

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Emergency rescues for lost hikers in the Swiss mountains have increased in recent years, according to Swiss media.

This content was published on March 17, 2024 - 10:49 1 minute Keystone-SDA

On ski tours in particular, so-called blockages have more than doubled compared to previous years, according to the Swiss German-language newspaper SonntagsBlick, which cited mountain emergency statistics of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) from 2022.

+ Swiss air rescue operated over 3,000 lifesaving missions in 2023

Blocked persons were in a situation where they could not continue their tour but also could not turn back. In 2022, the SAC recorded a total of 1,008 emergencies. The ten-year average was 607 missions. In a survey conducted by the Swiss Alpine Rescue Association (SAS), 70% of mountain rescue workers also stated that they had had at least one traumatic mission. This was reported in the Swiss newspaper, SonntagsZeitung.

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