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Mountain rescuers are also deployed in Germany's highest ski area. On the steep slopes around the Zugspitze, several emergencies often occur simultaneously. This requires quick and professional action. Mountain rescuer Simon Preibisch and the ski rescue team must treat a skier with a severe cut on his shin as quickly as possible.

A hiker is in distress on the Höllentalferner glacier and must be rescued by helicopter. The steep glacier is littered with sharp rocks that can cause serious or even fatal injuries if a fall occurs. Elsewhere, narrow switchbacks and numerous tourists complicate the rescue of an elderly woman from the Höllentalklamm gorge.

Two climbers are reported missing on the Watzmann after being caught in a severe storm. As darkness falls, mountain rescuers begin their search for the missing men. But even after more than 12 hours, there is no trace of them. By car, motorcycle, on foot, and from the air, the mountain rescuers are doing everything they can to find the climbers in distress.

A young man has been missing for days. His last known whereabouts: the Höllental valley on the way to the Zugspitze. The mountain rescue service launches a new search amidst old snowfields and rocky slopes prone to rockfall and finds what he is looking for. Another team from the Grainau mountain rescue service is on alert: a hiker has fallen on the Stangensteig trail.

Three friends are stuck on a steep slope on the small Watzmann mountain - rescue is only possible by air. But time is running out: a thunderstorm front with heavy rain is expected in the afternoon. This is a mission that will demand everything from the mountain rescuers.

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.

A hiker gets lost while descending from the Hochkalter and suddenly finds himself on a dangerous cliff face, from which he makes an emergency call. The mountain rescue team is alerted and immediately dispatches a helicopter. But then the situation escalates. And on another day, things get hectic: A mountain hiker suffers a painful kneecap injury while descending from the Watzmannhaus.

A young mountaineer finds himself in distress on the Blaueis Glacier. He is hiking alone when thick fog rolls in, making him afraid to go any further. The mountain rescuers immediately set off, but the fog becomes a problem for them too.

A mountaineer has fallen from the Watzmann South Peak in steep terrain: suspected polytrauma! Every minute counts for the Ramsau Mountain Rescue team. On a sunny day in the Grainau Mountain Rescue area, several patients are simultaneously waiting for help on the mountain.

A woman fell several meters into the whitewater in the Weißbach Gorge. This emergency call reached the Bad Reichenhall Mountain Rescue Service, which immediately set out for a canyoning rescue. In addition, a woman had an accident while descending from the Kleiner Watzmann mountain in the Ramsau Mountain Rescue Service area and had to be rescued by helicopter from a wooded slope.

A suicide threat in the area of ​​the Blaueishütte mountain hut is keeping the Ramsau mountain rescue team busy. A large-scale search operation is underway in close cooperation with the Alpine Task Force of the state police and the Piding border police.

It's mid-May. Spring seems to have arrived in the valley, but at 2,900 meters, freezing temperatures prevail. On the mountain, it's still the dead of winter! Five stranded climbers make an emergency call. They can't go any further, having completely misjudged the conditions on the Höllental via ferrata. The route is still buried meters deep in snow, darkness is slowly falling, and the temperatures are plummeting.

A dog slipped on steep terrain and got into trouble. Its owner alerted the mountain rescue service, which – when there is imminent danger – also responds to animal rescues in such cases. The stressed animal's barking is clearly audible, but difficult to pinpoint due to the echo in the mountains.

A dramatic emergency call came from the Höllentalferner glacier: "Person fallen into a crevasse!" Every minute counted to locate the injured mountaineer and get him out of the crevasse as quickly as possible. When the rescuers from the Grainau mountain rescue team arrived at the scene, they couldn't believe their eyes.

On the Höllental Glacier of the Zugspitze, a mountaineer slipped into a crevasse right before the eyes of mountain rescuers. The rescue team was actually in the process of airlifting seven other climbers, who had overestimated their abilities, down to the valley by helicopter. On the mountain, the weather can change within minutes. In this case, a routine operation suddenly turned into a major emergency with serious consequences.

A mountain rescue operation on the Höllental Glacier of the Zugspitze escalates, pushing the volunteer mountain rescuers to their physical and mental limits. In another operation by the Grainau Mountain Rescue team, a newly trained air rescuer has to prove himself under extremely challenging weather conditions.