Police call off search for missing Swiss skier after mountain tragedy
Switzerland
Authorities on Thursday (Mar 14) called off a search for the final missing member of a group of six skiers that was trapped a few days ago on a Swiss mountain.
Police from the canton of Valais were searching for six people who went missing while on a ski tour departing from the Alpine town of Zermatt.They aimed to reach the town of Arolla.
A search party had already recovered the bodies of five of the people who were caught in severe weather on the 3,710 metre-high Tete Blanche mountain on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla path. All five were members of the same family.
However, the search for the last member was still on. The authorities used helicopters to search the area to find the sixth person, a 28-year-old woman.
The police said the woman had originally put in an emergency call to say the group were in trouble.
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All the skiers were believed to have been aged between 21 and 58, but none have been officially identified by authorities.
In a statement, police said, "After consulting with her family, the search has now been stopped."
They tried to save themselves
A lead official, who was part of the rescue group, had told Sky News that the skiers tried to dig "snow caves" to save themselves from the freezing temperatures.
Anjan Truffer, the head of mountain rescue at Air Zermatt AG, was on site when the bodies of five cross-country skiers were found on Sunday.
(With inputs from agencies)