Welcome to the local montain rescue team of Mürzzuschlag!

March 8th, 1896 was the key date of the Austrian Montain Rescue. Because of an serious accident on the Rax mountain all members of the mountain clubs decided to build an alpine rescue institution. So called "local sites" has been established, in the same year also the montain rescue team (MRT) of Mürzzuschlag, a member team of the Austrian Montain Rescue. 1906 there were already 173 rescue teams in the Eastern Alps active.
Movie on the occassion of our 120th anniversary, which combines historical and contemporary: View!

7.11.20: Workmission at Rax

On Saturday we put new marker poles between Karl-Ludwig-Haus and Heukuppe. We hope that this will make orientation easier in adverse weather conditions! The material costs were covered by the owner of the way, the ÖTK (Austrian Tourist Club). See photo.

25.10.20: Search mission at Rax

The daylight saving time change and the associated earlier darkness became a problem for two people on the Rax on Sunday evening. They lost their orientation in the area of the summit and made an emergency call. 20 members of the MRT team started the search operation at about 7 pm. With the help of the mountain rescuers the lost ones could reach then against 20.30 o'clock the Karl Ludwig house unhurt.

5.9.20: A busy weekend

A busy Saturday for our team. We were able to protect the running course for the "Mürzathlon" in accordance with the plan to guarantee the fastest possible medical care. At 14:15 o'clock we were called to the "Ganzalm" for a mission. Here, an injured person had to be rescued from a forest to the nearest road in order to hand it over to the rescue service. At 9:35 pm we were called by the mountain rescue service Neuberg to assist in a search operation. This lasted until late into the night. The missing person was found at 01:45 a.m. and then recovered with a stretcher. Further information see Facebook BRD Neuberg and Muerzzuschlag.

30.8.20: Mission at Rax

A search action on the Rax came to a pleasant end. Two persons had climbed in the dense fog in the area of the Reisstalersteig and, since the terrain is dangerous for falls, they correctly placed the alpine emergency call. Thereupon, 10 mountain rescuers from our local MRT team set out to rescue the two from their predicament. After the mountain rescuers had already begun their ascent, the weather improved briefly and the two persons could continue their ascent without our assistance to the Karl Ludwig House and the search operation was completed positively for all involved.