The answer is out there...somewhere.

The final photo on the Dyatlov group's camera

Avalanche Rescue Video Hikers tent found by search party Footprints The Dyatlov group in the truck en route to begin their hike Friends

The Hikers: Top row, left to right: Lyudmila Dubinina "Lyuda", Igor Dyatlov "Igor", Yuri Doroshenko "Doroshenko", Alexander Kolevatov "Alex" Bottom row, left to right:  Yuri Krivonishchenko "Georgy", Rustem Slobodin "Rustik", Nikolay Thibault-Brignoles "Nicky", Alexander Zolotaryov "Sasha", Zina Kolmogorova "Zina"