Meanwhile, rescue services deployed more than 200 personnel and several helicopters. Where did the accidents happen? The avalanches occurred in the Grossarl Valley of the Salzburg region, in Bad Hofgastein and in Pusterwald of the Styria region. Four skiers died when an avalanche struck a group of seven off-piste skiers, on the 2,150-metre Finsterkopf peak in the Grossarl Valley in the Salzburg state, rescuers said. The others were seriously injured, they added.