2 more die on Mont Blanc following week of disaster

An Italian Alpine rescue team military official said the bodies of a Polish woman and Spanish man were found 4,400 meters (14,436 feet) up on the Dome du Gouter peak on the Italian-French border Saturday night after spending more than 24 hours in a snow hole.

Rescue services said the man and woman had been climbing with two Spaniards when they were caught in bad weather Friday night. The Spaniards managed to reach the Gouter mountain refuge earlier Saturday and alerted authorities who sent help.

Jean-Baptiste Estachy, commander of the mountain rescue service in Chamonix, France, said on BFM television that while the climbers were on the French side, the Italians were dispatched because they had a helicopter better suited to the weather conditions.

The Italian official said the Spanish survivors were taken to a hospital in nearby Val d'Aosta for tests, but weren't seriously injured. The official — who works for the Italian financial police in Entreves, Italy — declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

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