The Swiss Alps witnessed the discovery of the bodies of five missing skiers on Sunday evening, as local police confirmed. Despite this grim find, rescuers are still actively searching for a sixth individual, as reported on Monday.

The group, consisting of five members from the same family, had embarked on their journey from Zermatt, a renowned ski destination, on Saturday morning.

Their disappearance was reported in the Tête Blanche region, according to authorities in the canton of Valais.

The skiers’ ages ranged from 21 to 58, as indicated in an earlier police statement cited by Reuters. While the family members hailed from the Valais canton, the sixth person was from the canton of Fribourg.

The identities of the deceased skiers, discovered in Tête Blanche on Sunday, were not disclosed by the police, CNN reported.

The alert was raised by a family member scheduled to meet the group in the village of Arolla on Saturday afternoon, expressing concern when they failed to arrive.

Search-and-rescue efforts commenced on Saturday when the skiers were reported missing near the 3,706-meter-high (12,159 feet) Tête Blanche pass, en route to the village of Arolla.

However, adverse weather conditions described as “very poor” rendered the operations “extremely delicate,” according to a police statement on Sunday.

Written by B.C. Begley