Gressonay-la-trinite: Rescuers saved a climber who was buried under a snow avalanche for three hours. An Alpine rescue team came to the aid of a climber who was trapped under 1.5 meters of snow in an avalanche. The incident occurred north of Gressonay-la-Trinite, Italy, on February 12th local time. The man was able to call the emergency number 112 for help before the call was cut off.
According to Thai News Agency, fifteen rescuers, along with police sniffer dogs, used a formation to drill through the snow, allowing scents from beneath the snowdrifts to be detected by the dogs. Eventually, they located the climber who was buried, and began digging through the snow until they reached him, safely extracting him from the pile.
The rescue operation took place at night, utilizing drones and spotlights provided by forest rangers and firefighters. The climber had been lying in snow and submerged in freezing water for three hours, suffering from hypothermia. He was then helicoptered for transport to a hospital.