Czech mountain rescue teams find missing snowboarder dead after avalanche

Czech mountain rescue teams were in action on Sunday helping their Polish counterparts search for a missing snowboarder, who was later found dead. The snowboarder had vanished after an avalanche struck the Czech-Polish border on Saturday afternoon. The avalanche happened on the Polish side of the Krkonoše mountains at around two o’clock on Saturday. Search parties sent out to look for the missing snowboarder had to be recalled due to bad weather on Saturday evening, but resumed early on Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon the snowboarder’s body was found. Around 50 Czechs were involved in the rescue effort, a spokesperson for the Czech mountain rescue said.

Author: Rosie Johnston