Zermatt ski resort in Switzerland
Five skiers were found dead on the Swiss massive Rimpfischhorn, near Zermatt’s ski resort. The bodies were found by two other skiers, who warned the authorities.
Police of the Canton of Valais, in the Swiss Alps, confirmed on Sunday that the bodies of five skiers In the Adlergletscher Glacier, near the northern border of Italy.
“The lifeless bodies of five people were quickly discovered after an Air Zermatt helicopter flew over the identified zone, ”added police, without providing details About the circumstances in which they led to the death of the five skiers, nor about their genre, age or nationality.
Emergency services had been warned a day earlier for some weirds abandoned at an altitude of about 4,000 meters, having sent a helicopter to inspect the area in the mountains near Zermatt, a luxury resort in southwest Switzerland.
The police, quoted by the French news agency AFP, said they are still proceeding to “Formal identification of victims”Found.
The victims were discovered by two skiers who were climbing Rimpfischhorn’s massif and who gave the alarm on Saturday, around 4:30 pm. These two skiers detected weirds at the foot of the summitbut “without finding the skiers” and immediately gave the warning to the authorities, police said.
According to, local airline Air Zermatt said three of the bodies were found In the wreckage of an avalanchea few hundred meters below the place where the skis were seen. The other two were found nearby, in a snowfield.
The Public Prosecutor of Canton Swiss has already opened an investigation to investigate “the exact circumstances of this accident,” says the police. In the context of the investigation, weather conditions and avalanche activity in the region are being analyzed.
Rimpfischhorn, a 4,199 meter mountain that is east of Zermatt, near the Italian border and near Matterhornone of the most iconic mountains of the Alps, is popular among background skiers. Last year, five other skiers were found dead near Zermatt.
