Overview
- Rescuers from Soccorso Alpino Valdostano and the Guardia di Finanza’s Entreves mountain unit have located three deceased alpinists on the North face of Gran Paradiso and are in the process of retrieving the bodies.
- Teams found the bodies at roughly 3,600 metres after a GPS locator carried by one of the climbers was activated to give their position.
- Two of the victims are reported to be Italian and formal identification remains pending while recovery work continues.
- The party had stayed at Rifugio Federico Chabod before an early‑morning ascent toward the 4,061‑metre summit and failed to return, prompting a missing‑person alert handled by the Centrale unica di Aosta.
- The North face route is rated between 'Abbastanza Difficile Superiore' and 'Difficile Inferiore', which requires strong technical skill and high‑altitude experience and can complicate recovery and safety on steep terrain.