RESCUERS are racing against time on Austria’s Stubai Glacier after a massive avalanche roared down the mountain on Thursday morning, swallowing skiers and leaving a vast field of debris in its wake.
The deadly slide struck without warning at around 9.30am, thundering through open terrain near the Daunscharte pass – a notorious stretch outside the protected ski runs.
Cops say several off-piste skiers were on the slope at the time and are believed to have triggered the avalanche themselves, before being swept away and buried beneath tonnes of snow.
