The German mountain biker was coming from Ischgl in the direction of Italy, his final destination would have been Turkey. He didn't get particularly close to his destination.

However, it doesn't take a particularly good knowledge of the mountains to know that there is still a lot of snow on the Fimber Pass (2609 meters above sea level) in May. You can still find stubborn patches of snow here well into the summer months. However, the biker in distress had previously ignored the warnings of a police patrol and set off on the ascent despite the warnings. The man trusted his sat nav more than the local advice. He finally got stuck in the deep snow and made an emergency call. The Ischgl mountain rescue team, the air police and the alpine police later rescued him, slightly hypothermic, by police helicopter and flew him down to the valley.

 

Fimberpass in the ride tour database:
ride.ch/tours/fimberpass