In Norway, a climbing accident at Kolsås in Bærum injured two people, according to police. One climber fell about 15 meters from the rock face and was seriously injured, while the person belaying was also injured, police said. Both were awake and were airlifted to hospital.
Earlier reports had mentioned three injured, but police later confirmed only two were involved. The cause of the accident is under investigation, with police conducting witness interviews. Incident commander Mikael Dellemyr stated that they are working on witness interviews to clarify what happened.
In Troms, a person fell several hundred meters down a mountainside while skiing in a gully. The terrain is very steep, and a rescue helicopter from Tromsø transported the skier to the University Hospital of North Norway. The condition of the skier is unclear, but the person was awake and conscious.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre North Norway received many inquiries from people who saw the incident. Another skier fell from the mountain Goalborri in Lyngen after a snow cornice collapsed, triggering an avalanche. The person was in contact with emergency services by phone and said he was cold but not seriously injured.
He was picked up by rescue helicopter and transported to hospital. In Sweden, multiple skiing accidents were reported. In Åre, a man was injured in a skiing accident.
Southwest of Åre, a woman fell and injured herself while skiing. Northwest of Kvikkjokk, a woman injured her leg. In Dalarna, a skier was injured.
In Bruksvallarna, police initiated a mountain rescue after a man injured himself while skiing. In Abisko National Park, a skier fell and was rescued by mountain rescue on Monday afternoon, then sought medical care on their own. In the Kiruna mountains, a woman fell and injured her head in Mesak, between Alesjaure and Abisko.
Mountain rescuers reached the cabin. In Ammarnäs, mountain rescue rescued a skier who had fallen down a steep slope, injuring one arm. Police were alerted at 14:00, but weather prevented helicopter flight, so the rescue took six hours.
The man was not alone; another person helped him call for help. Police press communicator Elin Andersson said he could not get away from there, especially not with an injured arm. In Norway, a woman in her 20s was injured in a paragliding accident at Gudvangen after jumping from Ramsøynuten.
She ended up on a ledge on the mountain face and alerted emergency services herself. Air ambulance and rescue helicopter retrieved her from the ledge just after 17:00. She had fall injuries and rib pain; the accident occurred due to insufficient lift, and she steered herself toward the ledge to land.
Police were alerted at 15:54. In Rauma, a climber fell from a mountain; rescue helicopter and air ambulance were on the way, and the patient was being cared for by others in the tour group. At Botnfjellet, Red Cross personnel responded to assist a hiker who injured a foot and needed help getting down.
Other incidents include a person who fell and injured their foot on Senja in Mid-Troms, and another skier injured on a mountain trip in Kåfjord, receiving help from Norwegian People's Aid. In Horten, emergency services responded to a fall accident on Wednesday morning; a rescue helicopter was called. In Jotunheimen, a Red Cross scooter patrol reached a male skier who needed help to get down from a mountain at about 1400 meters altitude in steep terrain.
He alerted police at 02:00 Monday night and was in good condition, being transported out of the area. Internationally, a Swedish woman in her 20s was seriously injured in a skiing accident on Japan's Mount Fuji. She and a New Zealand man went off route and slid down the side of the mountain.
A rescue team found them near 23:00, and they were transported by helicopter to a hospital. The Swedish Foreign Ministry is aware of the incident. In the US, a Florida private school senior, Zoey McVoy, is in hospital after a skiing trip to Colorado resulted in head and spinal injuries.
According to a GoFundMe organizer, Zoey sustained shattered ribs, a brain bleed, internal bleeding, a ruptured spleen, facial fractures, a shattered eye socket, a collapsed lung, and a spinal cord injury. She remains heavily sedated in the ICU at Denver Health hospital. The GoFundMe has raised over $56,000.
Zoey herself said on social media that all three surgeries went well and she is focusing on recovery. In Sweden, TV4 profile Mattias Anderberg, 51, slipped on an ice patch in Sälen and suffered three fractures on the spinal processes in his back. According to Expressen Sport, Anderberg described that he is not in a plaster cast but golf will have to wait.