Overview
- Five German climbers died on Italy’s Cima Vertana in the Ortles massif, including a father and his 17-year-old daughter, and two survivors were airlifted to a hospital in Bolzano.
- The Italian recovery paused overnight due to darkness and poor visibility, then resumed on foot before helicopters inserted teams and avalanche dogs once conditions improved.
- Rescue spokespeople in South Tyrol said recent snowfall likely failed to bond to underlying ice, and questioned late-day summit timing that would have pushed descent toward nightfall.
- On Nepal’s Mount Yalung Ri, authorities confirmed at least three dead — a French climber and two Nepali guides — with multiple injured evacuated to Kathmandu and others still unaccounted for.
- Nepalese officials said weather, altitude and terrain limited helicopter access and forced ground searches, and reported the international group included climbers from France, Canada and Italy as casualty figures were revised during the operation.