A hiker who, along with two other people, was preparing to ascend Pedraforca this morning lost his life when he slipped down an icy slope and fell about 120 meters down the mountain. The three had left the Lluís Estasen refuge, at 1,675 meters, in the municipality of Saldes (Berguedà), to undertake one of the most common routes up Pedraforca (2,506 m.), through the Verdet pass. But, unfortunately, they very soon went off the path, mistakenly entered the access to a climbing route, the Pany, and found themselves in complicated terrain, on a very steep slope, the place where the fatal accident occurred, they have reported. the Generalitat Bombers.
At 10:54 a.m., the Fire Department received the warning of the event and activated the rescue teams, a helicopter with personnel from the Special Action Group (GRAE), with a doctor from the Medical Emergency Service (SEM), as well as a terrestrial endowment of the Guardiola de Berguedà park. Once they located the victim, the doctor certified his death.
Although fog had appeared this morning in the Pedraforca area, the weather was good, Bombers have indicated. The deceased person is a resident of Barcelona born in 1985. The GRAE have taken the other two hikers to the Saldes football field, where they have received psychological support from the SEM team.
The Mossos d’Esquadra have moved to the scene of the accident a team from the Special Investigation Group (GEI), a helicopter, a Citizen Security patrol and a Mountain Investigation Unit (UIM) to take charge of the witnesses and the lifting the body
