The first to help him was Brother. Thanks to the Artva signal he managed to identify the point where Matteo he had remained buried: one and a half meters under the snow. Has dug with the shovel, and then with his bare hands and the strength of desperation, together with the two other friends who were with him, never stopping until help arrived. When they pulled him out of the avalanche, Matteo Fornaciari, 26 years old, student from Assago, he was already dead.
The tragedy occurred in the early afternoon of Thursday 25 April at 3400 meters above sea level. The avalanche broke out just below the Cevedale crest, in the area of the Giancarlo Colombo bivouac, in Valfurva, in Valtellina, on the border with the Province of Bolzano. The group composed of nine Milanese ski mountaineers, after reaching the summit, it split to descend to the valley. Five towards Val Rosole, the others along the Normal route of Val Cedecwhere the snow slabs accumulated by the wind detached.
Suddenly the roar: the white wall with a front of thirty meters has the 26 year old was overwhelmed, remained slightly behind his teammates, touching the other three hikers who were with him. The teams intervened on site Alpine rescuethe technicians of the Sagf of the Guardia di Finanza, the dog unit, from Sondrio and Bolzano took off two helicoptersbut for the young man, dragged by the avalanche for tens of meters and ended up in a small crevasse, there was already nothing left to do.
His brother and friends, unharmed but in shock, were transported downstream. The body was transferred to Sondalo hospital, awaiting tests ordered by the Prosecutor’s Office. Polytechnic student from Milan, Matteo was a passionate about mountains and travel. On his Instagram profile there are images that portray him in the snow, at the top of Resegone and Grigne, while practicing ski mountaineering on Pizzo Corzene in Presolana and at 3500 meters on Plateau Rosà in Cervinia. Riding one motorcycle or in kayak while sailing the waters of a river in Valsesia or on the Brembo. In many shots hugging his brother: always together.
