Sadly two people lost their lives today while riding in Sölden, Austria.
The two riders who are thought to have been snowboarders were riding off-piste above the blue piste number 33 which leads down to the Sölden stadium. The avalanche came over the piste #33 and search and rescue where soon on the scene. After a short time, it looked like the riders did not have off-piste equipment with them as no transceiver signal could be found so a manual probe search began. Unfortunately, this is a slow process and the search did not find the people in time and both riders were found to be dead when dugout.
High winds and heavy snowfall across many parts of Austria this weekend have increased the likelihood of an avalanche. Only yesterday the access road to the glacial ski area in Sölden was closed for several hours due to the risk of avalanches.
We send our condolences to the families of the riders who lost their lives today in this tragedy.
Updated information since the video was posted is the two riders did have transceivers and ABS backpacks but fell into a rock canvas and may have been Dutch this is not 100% confirmed. www.snowcampseu.com
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