Overview
- In the Lago Nero area above Madesimo, a late‑afternoon slide involved four people on a snowmobile, with three rescued and one person still missing as searches continue in difficult terrain.
- Carabinieri, fire brigades, mountain rescue units and the Soreu operations center mobilized for Madesimo, with two helicopters launched from Sondrio and Brescia.
- A large avalanche in the Canali dei Vesses above Courmayeur killed two French ski mountaineers, while a third man remains in critical condition in Turin after initial treatment in Aosta with extracorporeal warming and resuscitation.
- Rescuers located the Courmayeur group using avalanche transceivers, recovering victims buried under more than 1.5 meters of snow, and Guardia di Finanza is reconstructing the dynamics and confirming identities.
- Earlier on Monte Baldo, three ski mountaineers caught in a slide freed themselves and descended before teams arrived, as authorities warn of very elevated risk in popular off‑piste areas following other recent deadly avalanches in the Alps.