Update: Moment boyfriend left his girlfriend to freeze to de@th on Austria’s biggest mountain is caught on webcam (Photos)

A series of webcam images has revealed the heartbreaking moment a woman was left to d!e on Austrias highest peak after her seasoned climber boyfriend allegedly abandoned her. The 33-year-old mountaineer from Salzburg died on the 12,460ft Grossglockner mountain in January after setting off on a tour with her partner, 36. When they were just 165ft (50m) from the summit, the woman began to struggle and was unable to continue. The man then left his girlfriend alone on the mountain for 6.5 hours to get help. But during this time, the extreme weather claimed her life. Webcam footage captured the pairs emergency lights shining brightly as they climbed at 6 p.m. on January 18. Six hours later, the lights had faded due to low batteries, and the womans strength had drained as well.  An image captured at around 2.30am showed the boyfriend pushing on alone to descend to the other side of the Grossglocker, after leaving behind his partner in the freezing snow with little equipment. At 7.10 am, webcam footage captured a helicopter soaring over the mountain, but the rescue mission had to be aborted due to strong winds. Less than three hours later, six rescuers were spotted making their way up the mountain, but by the time they reached her, the woman had tragically already passed away. The boyfriend, who was an experienced climber, has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence and is facing up to three years in prison.  ‘At approximately 2am, the defendant left his girlfriend unprotected, exhausted, hypothermic, and disoriented about 50 meters below the summit cross of the Groglockner,’ said a statement from the public prosecutor’s office.  ‘The woman froze to de@th. Since the defendant, unlike his girlfriend, was already very experienced with alpine high-altitude tours and had planned the tour, he was to be considered the responsible guide of the tour.’ After obtaining forensic reports, evaluating mobile phones, sports watches, pictures, and videos, and an assessment by an alpine technical expert, the public prosecutor’s office has accused the mountaineer of several errors. The 36-year-old allegedly did not take into account that his girlfriend was highly inexperienced and had never undertaken an alpine high-altitude tour of this length. He was also accused of starting the tour around two hours later than scheduled, while not carrying any sufficient emergency equipment. Even when he had left his partner to get help, he allegedly did not bring her to a wind-protected place and did not use a bivouac sack or aluminum rescue blankets.  The boyfriend had also allowed his girlfriend to ascend the mountain with a splitboard and soft snow boots, equipment which is deemed unsuitable among mountaineers for a high-alpine tour in mixed terrain. Given the harsh weather conditions with wind speeds of up to 46mph and temperatures of minus eight degrees, which felt like minus 20 degrees when combined, the defendant should have turned back earlier, according to the public prosecutor.  Despite the severity of his girlfriend’s situation, the man has also been accused of failing to make an emergency call before nightfall. The defendant and his girlfriend were stranded from around 8.50pm, he allegedly did not give any distress signals when a police helicopter flew over at 10.50pm.  After several attempts by the Alpine Police to contact the boyfriend, he finally spoke to an officer at around 00.35am.  The boyfriend’s trial is set to take place on February 19, 2026, at the Innsbruck Regional Court.  The post Update: Moment boyfriend left his girlfriend to freeze to de@th on Austria’s biggest mountain is caughtonwebcam (Photos) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.