Late on Monday afternoon, emergency teams in France confirmed the deaths of two Spanish climbers who had been missing since the previous Saturday on the Carlit peak, a mountain located on the eastern edge of the Pyrenees. The discovery comes after a tense search operation that spanned the span of several days and involved multiple agencies working in harsh alpine conditions.
French authorities directed available resources to the area, and by Monday approximately 15 rescuers were stationed in the vicinity, including six officers from the High Mountain Gendarmerie Detachments. Local French media were briefed on the developments as the operation intensified in response to the deteriorating weather and the critical need to locate the climbers before further risks could develop.
The search effort faced extreme weather that hindered ground and aerial operations. Visibility was severely limited, winds surpassed 100 kilometers per hour, and temperatures plunged to around 25 degrees below zero. These conditions made it nearly impossible for the prepared rescue helicopter to fly, forcing ground teams to push ahead with limited support and improvisation under a sky that seemed determined to thwart every effort.
The two climbers had set out on Saturday with the plan to conquer Carlit Peak, a summit rising to about 2,900 meters above sea level. They hoped to spend the night in a mountain shelter they believed would be available along the route, but the shelter remained elusive. With the weather harsh and the landscape unforgiving, they ended up spending the night outdoors, exposed to the biting wind and snowfall that swept across the high terrain.
Communication from the climbers came through early Sunday morning from Bolquère mountain rescue services. They described the altitude they were at as roughly 2,700 meters but could not provide a precise location, likely reflecting the difficulty of navigation in the snow-draped landscape and the lack of visible landmarks in the white expanse they faced.
Actu.fr, a regional news portal, reported that a helicopter completed a regional flyover on Monday and managed to spot the two climbers as they approached the summit of the nearby Tossal Colomer at about 2,700 meters above sea level. The authorities immediately opened an investigation into the incident, though early indicators strongly point to hypothermia as the likely cause of death given the extreme cold and prolonged exposure observed during the search. The confirmation of these circumstances follows the pattern of alpine rescues where sudden storms, frostbite, and hypothermia compound the dangers for climbers attempting exposed routes in winter conditions.
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