Overview

• The national mountain-rescue service recorded 83 deaths through July 23 and says the total is heading toward 100 this summer.
• On August 17, Soccorso Alpino Valdostano recovered the body of 36-year-old Davide Migliorino from a fall on the Cresta del Brouillard at about 4,030 meters, and two companions were uninjured.
• The Guardia di Finanza in Entrèves-Courmayeur has opened a formal investigation to identify the victim and reconstruct the dynamics of the Mont Blanc incident.
• In a separate operation, rescuers completed a challenging ground and helicopter extraction on the Dente del Gigante to save an alpinist left suspended on a rope.
• Authorities attribute the rising fatalities to a surge in mountain tourism by inadequately trained and equipped visitors and increasingly complex high-altitude recoveries.