Overview

• Two major rockslides on July 27 and 28 triggered evacuations and prompted immediate closure of alpine routes around Monte Pelmo and Cima Falkner
• Municipal ordinances have barred access to the Benini trail (No. 305) and paths 315, 316 and 331 in the comuni of Tre Ville and Ville d’Anaunia
• Roughly 100 hikers were evacuated without injuries after debris from the Monte Pelmo slide came to rest on a natural platform
• Trentino’s geological service has deployed drones and helicopter support for continuous monitoring of evolving fractures and ice-filled detachment niches
• Specialists warn that climate-driven permafrost thaw in the porous limestone is undermining the structural integrity of the Dolomiti Brenta peaks