Injured Hiker Rescued in the Tirol

12th June 2026

A severely injured German hiker was rescued after surviving a night in snow at around 2,200m.

The man set out alone on a hike near Bach close to the Bavarian border last Tuesday morning.

The police said he fell in mountainous terrain.

When he failed to return by evening the owner of his accommodation contacted the emergency services.

Police, firefighters, mountain rescue teams with search dogs and drones were despatched, but the rescue operation was suspended overnight due to poor weather conditions.

A helicopter resumed the search on Wednesday morning once fog lifted and dropped rescue teams into the area.

The man was found at a snow-covered mountain saddle near the 2,388m  Strahlkopf Peak in the Allgäu Alps.

He had fallen down a steep and rocky slope.

The hiker was conscious but told the police he could not recall the circumstances of the accident.

“It borders on a miracle for everyone involved that the mountaineer survived the night under these conditions,” mountain rescuers said.

He was treated in hospital in Murnau, Germany.

The Tirol in summer. Image © PlanetSKI