Ortler Alps

Five German mountaineers, including a 17-year-old girl and her father, die in a sudden avalanche while scaling a peak in Italy’s Ortler Alps.

Five German climbers, including a teenage girl and her father, were killed in an avalanche in Italy’s Dolomite mountains on Saturday November 1, 2025, authorities have confirmed.

The avalanche struck at around 16:00 local time as the climbers were scaling Cima Vertana, a 3,545-metre (11,630ft) peak in the Ortler Alps, known in German as Vertainspitze. Italy’s Alpine rescue service, Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico, said the victims were part of separate climbing groups.

A party of three mountaineers