In höchster Not - Bergretter im Einsatz · SEASON 1
Life-threatening on the Zugspitze
Episode 3 · 2025-04-09

- Documentary
Episode overview
A dramatic call for help from Germany's highest mountain: Two tourists were caught in a violent thunderstorm and snowstorm while climbing a via ferrata. Operations like this require the utmost concentration from the mountain rescue volunteers. On another day, duty officer Willi Kraus Sr. had to rescue a mountaineer by helicopter who had fallen through a rock on the "Iron Age" climbing route on the Zugspitze.
43 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Lost in the fog2025-04-09
2. Steep mountainside without safety equipment2025-04-09
3. Life-threatening on the Zugspitze2025-04-09
4. Air rescue on the Watzmann2025-04-09
5. Missing2025-04-09
6. Night Search2025-04-09
7. Lost on the Glacier2025-04-09
8. Continuous Operation on the Ski Slope2025-04-09