Overview
- At Alpe Meriggio in Valtellina, three ski-mountaineers were buried; two were found dead and a 53-year-old survivor was hospitalized in serious condition.
- In Trentino, four people swept near Bellamonte were recovered alive, but one later died at Santa Chiara hospital in Trento.
- A second Trentino fatality was recovered at Punta Rocca on the Marmolada after afternoon operations coordinated by Trentino Emergenza and Aiut Alpin.
- In Valle d’Aosta, two ski-mountaineers caught near Rifugio Frassati self-evacuated unhurt, while a roughly 60-year-old English ice climber died at the Lillaz waterfalls in a separate descent accident.
- Mountain rescue teams, Guardia di Finanza and Vigili del Fuoco deployed helicopters, as authorities noted elevated avalanche danger in the Orobie sector with a level 3 bulletin and opened inquiries into the incidents.