New mountain tragedy caused by the triggering of an avalanche in Trentino Alto Adige. Hans Happacher, 62, a well-known entrepreneur from Sesto in Alta Val Pusteria in the province of Bolzano, was unable to survive after being overwhelmed by an avalanche this afternoon on Monte Elmo.
Happacher was on a ski mountaineering excursion when suddenly an avalanche with a front 100 meters long and 600 meters long detached and swept him away.
Rescuers found the man under one and a half meters of snow. The men of the Sesto Pusteria, San Candido and Alta Pusteria mountain rescue teams intervened on the spot, as well as the Guardia di Finanza and two helicopters.
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