Overview
- The slab released Saturday shortly before 16:00 at around 3,200 meters on the north face below the Vertainspitze in the Ortler range.
- All five victims were German, including a father and his 17-year-old daughter; two other German climbers survived and were taken to hospital.
- The group consisted of multiple roped parties reported as one three-person team and two two-person teams, and the survivors raised the alarm.
- Search operations used helicopters, drones, and thermal imaging, paused overnight due to darkness, and concluded Sunday with the final recoveries.
- Authorities reported no unusually high general avalanche danger that day, and a formal assessment of the sequence and conditions is ongoing.