Heroic Climber Presumed Dead After 100-Foot Crevasse Fall During Rescue Attempt at Monte Rosa, Italy [UPDATE: updated March 4 with recovery of body] A 61-year-old Italian mountaineer is presumed dead after falling roughly 30 meters (about 100 feet) into a glacier crevasse while attempting to rescue another climber on Monte Rosa, one of the highest mountain massifs in the Alps along the Italian–Swiss border. Related: Helicopter Crash at Monte Rosa Massif Near Zermatt, Switzerland The […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | March 2, 2026 0 Comments
Helicopter Crashes on Monte Rosa Massif Near Zermatt, Switzerland A helicopter crashed yesterday, July 4, 2023, at around 8 a.m. on the Col Gnifetti, in the Monte Rosa massif in Switzerland. The chopper by Air Zermatt was carrying glaciologists and crashed upon landing at almost 4,500 m (14,764 ft) of altitude. According to the police report, the helicopter appears to have spun out of control in a vortex before crashing […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 5, 2023 0 Comments
From Heat Record to Cold Record – Arctic Winds Send Temperatures in Europe Plummeting Two new records were broken at the weekend as temperatures at the weather station at Capanna Margherita in Monte Rosa, Italy, dropped to -6.2°F (-21.2°C) at 6 am on September 17. This breaks the previous coldest temperature measured for the day in 2013, which was -3.5°F (-19.7°C) on September 17, 2013. It also is the earliest temperatures have dropped below -4°F (-20°C) […] Julia Schneemann | September 19, 2022 3 Comments
Miraculous Rescue as Woman Survives 2 Days and 2 Nights in 50-Foot Swiss Glacier Crevasse A Russian tourist, who lives in Germany, is recovering in hospital after falling 50-feet into a crevasse on a Swiss mountain and being stuck there for two days and two nights. Rescue crews said they have not seen such a miraculous rescue in over 20-years. Related: VIDEO: Story of Survival – Falling 50-Feet Into a Crevasse in Chamonix The 43-year-old woman […] SnowBrains | August 27, 2020 0 Comments
Avalanche Kills Irish Climber in Italian Alps | 4th Irishman to Die Mountaineering in a Week A 40-year-old Irishman named Shay Casey was killed by an avalanche last Thursday, July 31st, 2014. He was climbing with 11 other climbers when the avalanche struck in the afternoon heat. The deceased man suffered major head and neck injures. He was swept 50 meters downhill […] Avalanche SnowBrains | August 6, 2014 0 Comments
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