Tragic Death on Grossglockner: Austrian Woman Abandoned in Freezing Conditions by Mountaineer Boyfriend

Dec 07, 2025 08:07 pm CST

33-year-old Kerstin Gurtner froze to death on Austria's highest peak after allegedly being abandoned by her experienced mountaineer boyfriend in extreme conditions. Thomas Plamberger now faces manslaughter charges as tributes pour in for the Salzburg native remembered as a "mountain person" and "winter child."