The young Lombard skier overwhelmed by an avalanche this morning while going off-piste along a gully in Livigno (Sondrio) died at the Pope John XXIII hospital in Bergamo.
The victim, 23, was originally from Breno, in the province of Brescia.
The friend who was with him, a little younger, came out almost unscathed from the accident.
The SAGF-Alpine Rescue of the Finance Police of Bormio investigates the dramatic episode with the Carabinieri of Livigno.