3 of the world's best mountaineers missing after an avalanche are dead

Austrian climbers David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and American Jess Roskelly are missing in Canada and were probably killed by an avalanche in the Canadian Rockies during their ascent of Howse Peak.

Parks Canada, the public agency responsible for Banff National Park, where Howse Peak is located, has informed EFE that "on the basis of the badessment of the situation, it is presumed that the three members of the group died".

According to Parks Canada, without hearing from any of the world's top three mountaineers who planned to attack the east face of Howse Peak on Wednesday, its personnel flew over the area and found signs of "multiple avalanches". and equipment debris ". climbing ".

"Parks Canada extends its sincere condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the three mountaineers," the statement added.

At this time, Canadian authorities can not recover the remains "due to new avalanches and dangerous conditions in the region", because of high winds and precipitation that increases the risk of further avalanches.

Local media announced in the early hours of the day the disappearance of three mountaineers after an avalanche on Howse Peak, a 3,395-meter mountain considered one of the most difficult in the Canadian Rockies.

The American newspaper "The spokesperson's review" He added that Roskelley, 36, had told his father, fellow mountaineer John Roskelley, that he would be contacted Tuesday, but that communication had not occurred.

John Roskelley contacted Canadian authorities flying over the area by helicopter and reported signs of avalanche and at least one partially buried body.

Roskelley told the newspaper that her son and the Austrian alpinists Lama, 35, and Auer, 28, "are dead, they are not missing."

The road used by the three mountaineers to attack Howse Peak was only opened in 1999 because of its difficulty. (Télam)