Lauterbrunnen Warnings and Dangers

Rega is in operation for you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, both in Switzerland and abroad. Whether you have taken ill or suffered an accident, you can count on rapid, uncomplicated assistance from the air.

Source: www.rega.ch

Air Glaciers
3822 Lauterbrunnen
Tel. +41 33 8 560 560
agl@airglacier.ch
performs the same air rescue services as Rega.

Dial 1414 or 1415 within Switzerland. TIP. save the number into your mobile phone just in case you need it, but don't count on being able to get reception everywhere in the Alps.

If you are unlucky or careless enough to be caught in an avalanche you may up this way. You may be wishing you had purchased medical insurance too, as airlifts and rescues are paid-for-services and not free like in many parts of N. America where it is provided by the local ski area. In Europe, there is no out of bounds, so you are free to decide to go where you wish, but you are also responsible for your choices. No one to sue here. So you are on your own. Take extra medical coverage including extraction insurance just in case.

Once the victim has been located, they still need to be dug-out and it is a race against time, as the victim cannot go longer than 12-minutes without oxygen without causing irreversible brain damage or death. Also, hypothermia is a real danger when buried in snow for long periods of time.

When you are here in the mountains in winter stay on the paths and dont go out exploring on your own.... It can be dangerous and when i was there somebody fell off a cliff and died because he got lost and was alone and in the dark he didnt see where he was walking

We only tried coffee and ice-cream on the very nice terrace. But the coffee was undrinkable, and as we asked for another coffee, refusing to pay for some colored water that tasted like nothing, got screamed at, insulted and chased away...

The European Division of the National Ski Patrol rehearshing for mass casualty triage, treatment, and evacuation.

Even in the trees, once an avalanche gets moving nothing is going to stop it until it stops of its own volition.

All that untouched virgin powder. All that kinetic energy stored up just waiting to be released with devastating results. Don't be the one to trigger it.