Overview

• PGHM Chamonix located the bodies of a 25-year-old French woman and a man in his sixties at the foot of the Aiguille de Bionnassay ridge on July 18
• Three German nationals died in separate falls on July 18 and 19: a 54-year-old hiker at Zimbajoch, a 59-year-old climber on the Wagendrischelhorn and a 58-year-old mountaineer near the Hohe Geige
• Ground teams and helicopters from PGHM and Austrian Bergrettung retrieved the victims across challenging terrain in Mont Blanc and Tyrol
• Official inquiries have been launched to determine the precise causes of the Mont Blanc and Austrian Alp accidents
• Investigators are reviewing the steep, technical demands of these routes and existing safety measures to prevent further tragedies