CHILLING pictures have emerged showing how a female climber was allegedly left to freeze to death by her boyfriend on Austria’s highest peak.
The 33-year-old mountaineer from Salzburg died on the 12,460ft Grossglockner during a brutal January night.
The woman froze to death around only 150ft from the summit.
Webcam images have now emerged showing the lights of the two climbers glowing at around 6pm as they were climbing up on January 18.
But just six hours later, the lights began to dim with low battery, and the woman’s strength gave out.
An image captured at around 2.30am showed the boyfriend pushing on alone to descend to the other side of the Grossglocker.
The image was taken after he allegedly left his partner in the freezing snow.
Footage from the early next day captured a helicopter flying over the mountain as part of a rescue mission.
Emergency responders were also seen rushing the woman, who was tragically found dead.
Prosecutors say her boyfriend, an experienced mountaineer from Salzburg, abandoned her for six and a half hours in the deadly cold while he went for help.
Authorities added: “Since the defendant, unlike his girlfriend, was already very experienced with alpine high-altitude tours and had planned the tour, he was to be considered the responsible guide of the tour.”
The 36-year-old is now charged with manslaughter by gross negligence and faces up to three years behind bars.
Investigators say the pair battled winds up to 46mph and bone-chilling temperatures that felt like minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Despite that, the woman was allowed to attempt the final stretch with a splitboard and soft snow boots, gear climbers call totally unsuitable for a high-alpine tour in mixed terrain.
Prosecutors claim the couple had already started the ascent around two hours late and carried no proper emergency kit.
A forensic probe followed the tragedy, including analysis of phones, sports watches, photos, videos and expert alpine assessments.
Investigators say the man ignored his partner’s inexperience and failed to turn back long before darkness set in.
He is also accused of not calling emergency services before nightfall and of staying silent even when a police helicopter flew overhead at 10.50pm.