Austrian rescue crews are losing hope in the search for a 31-year-old snowboarder who went missing on Saturday in the Upper Austrian Krippenstein, according to a story in the Austria Times.
The man, 31, from Gloggnitz in Lower Austria, was snowboarding with friends but failed to appear at their pre-arranged meeting point in the afternoon. The other snowboarders sounded the alarm. . . . Rescuers have been unable to look for the man because a warm “föhn” wind from the south has raised the danger of avalanches in the area. Rescuers would face too high a degree of risk if they went up the mountain.
[Link: Austria Times]
