{"id":7878,"date":"2026-02-15T19:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/7878\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:15:07","slug":"tragedy-in-the-italian-alps-avalanche-kills-two-skiers-another-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/7878\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in the Italian Alps, avalanche kills two skiers, another in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two skiers died on February 15 and another was in serious condition after an avalanche hit a slope near Courmayeur, Italy&#8217;s alpine rescue service said.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s central alpine rescue service (CNSAS) said the two victims and the injured person were a woman and two men, and were &#8220;probably&#8221; French.<\/p>\n<p>The avalanche hit part of the Canale dei Vesses, known for its steep passes popular with off-piste skiers, west of Courmayeur in the Val Veny area at the foot of Mont Blanc.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen rescuers took part in the search, along with search and rescue dogs and two helicopters, CNSAS said.<\/p>\n<p>The third ski climber is in very serious condition and has been transported to Le Molinette in Turin. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation of the incident has been entrusted to the Guardia di Finanza in Entreves. \/Telegraph\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two skiers died on February 15 and another was in serious condition after an avalanche hit a slope&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,902,6179,309,4427],"class_list":{"0":"post-7878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alps","8":"tag-alps","9":"tag-avalanche","10":"tag-italian-alps","11":"tag-italy","12":"tag-skiers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}