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Piz tea fondada

Sister of Italian SkiMo Athlete Dies in Avalanche at Swiss-Italian Border

Two people died after being overwhelmed by an avalanche on the southwest side of Piz Tea Fondada—also known as Monte Cornaccia in Italian—in the territory of Valdidentro, in Valtellina. The slide killed a young ski instructor and a local mountaineer while on a backcountry tour in high-altitude terrain near Bormio on the Swiss-Italian border. A third member of the party […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 26, 2026
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