Two tourists were evacuated from a pass in the Magadan region

Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations evacuated two tourists who were caught in an avalanche on a pass in the Magadan region. As reported on March 28 in the press service of the department, they will be handed over to doctors.

A group of six tourists was hit by a snowfall on the Uncle Vanya pass, 30 km from the village of Sinegorye the day before. As a result, four of them died. The group has been registered.

"The surviving tourists were discovered by employees of the emergency department around five in the morning. <...> On board the Mi-8 of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the evacuees will be taken and transferred to the Magadan Regional Hospital," the Ministry said in a statement.

About 40 people and 14 pieces of equipment were involved in the rescue operation.

On February 24, an avalanche occurred on the southern slope of Aibga outside the equipped trails of the Rosa Khutor resort in the Sochi mountains. Later, the resort's press service clarified that a guide and two riders were in the danger zone. Two people were able to send their coordinates to the rescuers, who subsequently began working out the route.