The skiers, five of them members of the same family, went missing on Saturday
A dramatic new footage has been making rounds on the internet showing the ‘snow cave‘ which was dug by a family of skiers in a desperate attempt to shelter from the freezing elements in the Swiss Alps. Around 5 family members were found frozen to death in a snow cave in the Swiss Alps after they “fell asleep together”.
The skiers went missing on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla path near the Matterhorn mountain that bestrides the border between Switzerland and Italy.
In the video published by Daily Mail, a helicopter shows tracks in the white expanse of thick snow with a mound in the centre-in what appears to be the “snow cave”.
Video filmed from a helicopter shows tracks in the white expanse of thick snow with a mound in the centre – in what appears to be the ‘snow cave’.
According to reports, the girlfriend of one of the victims is still missing. Unfortunately, all five skiers had thin clothing on. To their dismay, the temperatures dropped to -30 degrees C with winds up to 75 mph while the group was at an altitude of about 11,400 feet. The group’s distress signal was received however the storm was too strong to send in helicopters.
The family members were brothers Jean-Vincent Moix, 30, David Moix, 27 and Laurent Moix, 21 as well as Cousin Marc Moix, 44 and unce Joel Moix, 58. David’s girlfriend Emilie Deschenauz has still not been found. The parents of Jean-Vincent, David and Laurent said they “fell asleep together” doing what they loved.
Anjan Truffer, head of rescue at Air Zermatt who conducted the rescue operation, told Swiss media, “The picture we found was ugly… We saw that the ski tourers had tried to build a cave and protect themselves from the wind.”
“The ski tourers froze to death at altitude, disorientated,” he said, adding their bodies were found scattered around the site, suggesting they had panicked before losing consciousness.