A helicopter airlifts out an injured skier caught in an avalanche on the Gamack Range. The ski group set off their emergency locator beacons and a mountain alpine rescue team boarded a helicopter and flew to the remote site as a storm front quickly moved in from the west. A member of the group had skied over to the hut and took the three-man rescue team up to the accident site. They had to walk up the mountain on their skis, "skinning" their way to the injured skier. Rescuers tend to the injured skier caught in an avalanche and swept 200m down a backcountry slope on the Gamack Range, Canterbury.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 14, 2021 05:48 UTC