31.12.2005 Seven Czech mountaineers died today morning under snow avalanche in Slovaks West Tatras.

One of the eith members group survived, helped himself and called for rescue servise. The group spent the night in the area of Spaleny Zleb in planed bivaque. The avalanche fell down at about 6:00 am.
There was the avalanche hazard of the 4th degree declared in the area. Czech and Slovak media reports widely about the disaster. The names of the mountaineers has not been known yet. The one who survived should be from Czech town Kralupy nad Vltavou close to Prague.


1 where the avalanche started
2 the bivi place
3 here dead bodies were found