Skier dies after avalanche at Stubai Glacier
Saturday 14th November 2026 on 14:30 in
Austria
A man died after an avalanche swept him into a crevasse at the Stubai Glacier on Saturday, ORF Tirol reported.
The avalanche occurred off piste near Daunscharte, in the Daunferner area. The skier was carried over rocky terrain by a slab of snow and into a 20-metre-deep crevasse at the edge of the glacier.
Other winter sports enthusiasts on the piste saw the avalanche and alerted emergency services. Mountain rescuers and a doctor tried to revive the man in the crevasse, but he died at the scene.
Mountain rescue teams from Neustift and Sölden, the glacier’s piste rescue service, the Alpin 2 emergency medical helicopter and the Libelle Tirol police helicopter took part in the operation.
An avalanche also occurred in the same area in November 2025, when eight people were rescued. Long traffic queues formed on access roads to the glacier on Saturday morning as many winter sports enthusiasts headed there.