Swiss rescuers respond to more blockages in ski tours

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

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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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