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Avalanche in Austria’s Zillertal Region Buries 2 Freeriders, Leaving 1 Dead
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He was on the Marchkopf, Austria, for a hike in the mountains with his friends. A sudden avalanche 250 meters wide buried him under 1.60 meters of snow and for him there was nothing to do. Federico Giubilato, 41 year old of Bassano del Grappa, in Vicentino, was 42 years old on Monday 30 March, but in the afternoon of Saturday 28 March a Slavina surprised him and left him no escape: the friends immediately alerted the rescue, but on their arrival…
The two Italian hikers, aged 41 and 36, were engaged in an off-piste when they were hit by the 250-metre-wide ice front on the Hoher Marchkopf, in the Zillertal, about a hundred metres from the summit.
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Avalanche in Austria’s Zillertal Region Buries 2 Freeriders, Leaving 1 Dead
The site of the avalanche in Hochfügen, Austria. | Image: Zoom Tirol A fatal avalanche in the Austrian Alps this weekend has claimed the life of an Italian skier. According to a press release by the Tyrol Police, the accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, March 28, near Hochfügen, a well-known freeride destination in the Zillertal region, about 1 hour east of Innsbruck. At approximately 5:25 p.m., two Italian winter sports enthusiasts—a 41-yea…
According to information, the accident took place around 5.15 p.m. The 41-year-old, along with his 36-year-old companion, was out of the slopes when a snowboard suddenly broke off. The two men were carried away by the avalanche. While the 41-year-old was buried under a 1.60-meter-high snow cover, the 36-year-old managed to free himself and put down the emergency call. The mountain rescue and the emergency helicopter were shortly afterwards in pl…
Vienna, March 29, 2026 - Two Italian ski mountaineers were overwhelmed by an avalanche in Austria: a 41-year-old died, injured his 36-year-old friend. It happened yesterday afternoon in the Austrian Zillertal valley. The victim was a winter sports enthusiast. As reported by the 'Tiroler Tageszeitung', the 41-year-old had climbed on the Hoher Marchkopf, a 2450-metre-high peak, along with another 36-year-old Italian hiker. But, just below the summ…
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