Five skiers were found dead on the Adler Glacier in the Swiss Alps, after a report of abandoned skis was made to police.

Swiss authorities say that the bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt.

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another person was killed following an avalanche in a village north of there.

Climbers alerted local authorities after finding abandoned skis near the summit of Rimpfischhorn on Saturday. A helicopter was sent to survey the area, which is near the Zermatt resort, The Guardian reported, and five bodies were quickly found on the Adler Glacier.

Five skiers were found dead on a mountain in Switzerland near the popular ski resort of Zermatt, officials said on May 25

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said Sunday, after two hikers reported seeing abandoned skis near the Rimpfischhorn, a roughly 13,

Climbers on the 4,199m Rimpfischhorn found several pairs of unattended skis and alerted rescue authorities, who found the bodies.

Local airline Air Zermatt said that three of the bodies were found on the debris of an avalanche a few hundred meters below where the skis were spotted.

Three of five fatalities on the Adler glacier near to the Swiss resport of Zermatt have been identified, the Valais public prosecutor's office has confirmed. The avalanche victims are two men aged 38 and 35, and a 34-year-old woman. All of the identified people are Swiss nationals.