Bodies of 5 skiers found on Swiss glacier near Zermatt
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The bodies of five skiers were found on a glacier above the Swiss mountain resort Zermatt on Saturday, after two skiers reported seeing abandoned skis at the bottom of Rimpfischhorn summit, a 13,000-foot peak, Valais cantonal police said Sunday.
The bodies were recovered on avalanche debris one day after Swiss authorities were alerted to several pairs of abandoned skis on Rimpfischhorn mountain.
Five people have been found dead on a glacier in the Swiss Alps after failing to return from a ski mountaineering tour near the Rimpfischhorn, one of the region’s most prominent peaks, according to officials.
The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another person was killed following an avalanche in a village north of there.
The bodies of the five skiers were found by rescue workers in the mountains near Zermatt, a luxury resort in southwestern Switzerland. Investigators are working to identify them.
