Overview

• Gioele Fortina, 21, was reported missing by family after failing to return from a solo excursion to the Vallone dell’Arma, where he often searched for flowers.
• Search operations resumed at first light with Soccorso alpino e speleologico piemontese, Guardia di Finanza alpine rescue and Vigili del Fuoco units combing remote slopes.
• A mixed Sasp-Sagf squad discovered Fortina’s body at the base of a rockfall, indicating a likely fatal plunge on a steep, unstable incline.
• A civilian mountain rescue doctor confirmed the death at the scene and the Vigili del Fuoco helicopter later airlifted the body to Demonte.
• Authorities are calling for enhanced safety measures in alpine and coastal recreation areas following a string of recent fatalities in Italian mountains and waterways.