2016 Geier avalanche

Five people were killed (all Czechs), when the disaster struck in the 2,800-metre (9,200 ft) Geier mountain range.

[1] The avalanche occurred shortly after midday near the mountain hut Lizumer Hütte.

The avalanche spread over a 2 km wide area, in the Wattental Valley in the Western Apline region of Tirol, burying 17 skiers from the Czech Republic who were taking part in a "free ride camp" and had been previously warned about the danger of an avalanche by locals.

[2] Martin Waldhart of Mountain Rescue stated at a press conference that the group had been skiing in an area that had been classified as an "absolute risk zone".

[3] Resucue workers used dogs and helicopters to search for the groups and at the time of locating them, some of the skiers had already freed themselves.