Found Deceased ITALY - Brit Matthew Hall, 33, walking in the mountains of Valchiavenna, Italian Alps, failed to show at b&b checkout, 9 Jul 2025

[MsMiniSleuth]

The last text message sent by a British hiker who vanished in the Italian Alps has been revealed.

Matthew Hall, 33, has been missing for five days since he disappeared on July 9th while walking in the mountains of Valchiavenna.

An urgent search effort was launched when Mr Hall failed to show up for checkout at the local bed and breakfast where he was staying.

All attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful but his last communication has now been revealed.

On the day Mr Hall went missing he texted a friend to say he'd lost the trail and stopped to rest.

This is the last time anyone heard anything from the hiker.

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Search for missing hiker as last text sent before vanishing revealed

Matthew Hall, 33, has been missing for five days after disappearing on July 9th while walking in the mountains of Valchiavenna.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Hexe]

I hope he will be found alive, but... People, when you go on a solo hike, choose the route beforehand and inform someone about your plans. That's the bare minimum.
Also, I hope he had paper map and proper supplies (clothes, food, water).

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

A large-scale search is underway in the Italian Alps following the disappearance of a British hiker.

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Valchiavenna is a breathtaking region of the Italian Alps, located in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Due to its alpine location, the region is a popular spot for hikers, who can take advantage of multiple short and multi-day routes.

Despite its popularity, conditions in the surrounding mountains can be unforgiving, with plenty of steep ascents and tricky underfoot terrain.

Mountain rescuers teams scour the Italian Alps for British hiker who went missing five days ago, after texting a friend to say he'd lost the trail

The 33-year-old hasn't been hasn't been heard from since getting in contact with a friend to say he'd become lost and was taking a break

www.advnture.com

 

[StillDiggin]

Colleagues of Hull man missing in Italy fly out to join search efforts

Matthew Hall's friends are already in Lombardy to take part in search efforts and now work mates from Quickline are joining them

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

 

[GraceG]

I'm curious as to that first picture of him. He looks to be scaling what appears to be a structure of some sort. Cellular tower? I'm assuming that was from his employment - so he's likely versed in day to day safety precautions by nature (and obviously not afraid of heights) Hope he is just hunkered down with a minor injury. Update: This article states the last he was physically seen was in a pub. Bt when he was discovered missing his backpack was gone, but not his personal papers. Search for missing hiker as last text sent before vanishing revealed

 

[truthfinder2019]

I'm curious as to that first picture of him. He looks to be scaling what appears to be a structure of some sort. Cellular tower? I'm assuming that was from his employment - so he's likely versed in day to day safety precautions by nature (and obviously not afraid of heights) Hope he is just hunkered down with a minor injury. Update: This article states the last he was physically seen was in a pub. Bt when he was discovered missing his backpack was gone, but not his personal papers. Search for missing hiker as last text sent before vanishing revealed

He wears PETZL safety equipment. PETZL is an Italian safety gear brand selling worldwide I think. But mostly in Italy.

Petzl Brand

www.petzl.com

 

[truthfinder2019]

https://www.facebook.com/100069329652946/posts/pfbid0StUJHcEuUYBUhANr9AeMU6hvmz1vurqkzi7DZJoHfruTD5Jw1LfUPwftjRxE5tHDl

Last message to friends was stating he lost his way and was resting. Then nothing.
There are massive search efforts ongoing, On the side above Borgonuovo di Piuro. The operations are coordinated by the Prefecture and involve the carabinieri, the financial police and the mountain rescue.

'He has a black backpack with him. Left for an excursion to Savogno/Dasile from Borgonuovo or Pianazzola/Daloo/Lagunch. He signalled that he had taken the wrong path at 1 p.m., last contact''. So some more useful information: ''He was wearing a beige T-shirt and had a black backpack with him. The photo shown is the last receipt from him that day (when shortly after 1 pm he sent a photo to a friend from the cross on Alpe Daloo, above Chiavenna)''.

''Siamo estremamente preoccupati, aiutateci a trovare Matthew Hall'', l'appello per il turista scomparso da giorni tra i boschi della Valchiavenna

SONDRIO. ''Siamo estremamente preoccupati per il nostro amico Matthew Hall, cittadino inglese di 33 anni, alto circa 170 centimetri, corporatura atletica, capelli castani ricci''. E' questo l'appello diffuso affinché l'intera comunità collabori alla ricerca di Matthew Hall, un turista inglese...

www.ildolomiti.it

ETA

From Borgonuovo to Dasile by foot : 13 mins

Borgonuovo to Dasile

maps.app.goo.gl

From Borgonuovo to Savogno by foot: 2h

Borgonuovo to Savogno

maps.app.goo.gl

From Chiavenna to Pianazzola by foot 27 mins

Chiavenna to Pianazzola

maps.app.goo.gl

From Chiavenna to Dalo 2h30

Chiavenna to Dalo

maps.app.goo.gl

From Chiavenna to Lagúnc by foot 3h

Chiavenna to Lagùnc

maps.app.goo.gl

Therefore this is the area where he MAY be (in red), and the search efforts are currently above Borgonuovo (green circle more or less)

Chiavenna to Borgonuovo

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

The mother of a missing British hiker who vanished in the Italian Alps has spoken of how she is living ‘someone else’s nightmare’ as friends join the search.

Matthew Hall, 33, disappeared last Wednesday while walking in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Five of his friends flew out to help the search and rescue effort on Sunday after he still failed to make contact.

His mother Sara told Hull Live: ‘I feel like I’m living someone else’s nightmare but I’ve just been blown sideways by all of his friends. I didn’t know them all but I do now.

She added: ‘He’s fit, he’s resourceful, so that’s what’s keeping me positive. He’s well travelled, and a solo traveller. He’s a walker and has all the gear. We just need to find him and bring him home to safety.’

He texted a photo of himself to a friend at 1.20pm that day, when he had stopped to rest at Alpe Daloo, north of the town of Chiavenna according to a local community group on  Facebook.

Drones launched in search for Brit hiker, 33, missing for six days in the Alps

He was last seen on Wednesday near a pub in Italy.

metro.co.uk

 

[Hexe]

Let's hope he has some clothing in the backpack. And that he did not make the often seen mistake of the tourists lost in the mountain; seeing the town in the valley they are trying to reach it by just going towards it and away from any path, usually getting themselves into some deadly difficult terrain.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

One of the 20 rescuers, who are combing the area, assisted by a helicopter, told The Times that they are "concerned because there are plenty of dangerous gullies and ravines in that area."

His mother, Sara Foster, said her concerns started when her son failed to board his planned flight to Manchester on Saturday afternoon. A police started started hours later. “It was typical for Matthew to not have been in touch to avoid paying for data but now I was worrying, although not panicking," she said.

But she has been anxiously waiting at home for updates from the Italian authorities - says she has been “blown sideways” by the support she has received from Matthew's friends and the wider public. She is also grateful to a group of his pals have flown over to join the search teams, who have spent time analysing the last photo he sent to try and pin down its exact location

Matthew’s employers, Quickline Communcations in Hull, are also sending six staff members out to join the efforts.

His close friend Ben Lee has travelled with a group of friends to Chiavenna. He said his missing pal was last spotted by a girl at a local church on the day he vanished. "It kind of confirmed which route he was going on before there was a sighting of him later on in the day, at a certain point on the trail," he said. "We've got mountain rescue out at the minute. There's four teams, three helicopters and they're going to carry on searching."

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Missing Brit Matthew Hall disappeared near 'dangerous gullies and ravines'

Matthew Hall, 33, has not been seen since leaving his accommodation in Chiavenna in the Alps to go for a hike and police are concerned about the area where he vanished

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[otto]

The mother of a missing British hiker who vanished in the Italian Alps has spoken of how she is living ‘someone else’s nightmare’ as friends join the search.

Matthew Hall, 33, disappeared last Wednesday while walking in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Five of his friends flew out to help the search and rescue effort on Sunday after he still failed to make contact.

His mother Sara told Hull Live: ‘I feel like I’m living someone else’s nightmare but I’ve just been blown sideways by all of his friends. I didn’t know them all but I do now.

She added: ‘He’s fit, he’s resourceful, so that’s what’s keeping me positive. He’s well travelled, and a solo traveller. He’s a walker and has all the gear. We just need to find him and bring him home to safety.’

He texted a photo of himself to a friend at 1.20pm that day, when he had stopped to rest at Alpe Daloo, north of the town of Chiavenna according to a local community group on  Facebook.

Drones launched in search for Brit hiker, 33, missing for six days in the Alps

He was last seen on Wednesday near a pub in Italy.

metro.co.uk

Did he get turned around and lose sense of which direction to go?

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[MsMiniSleuth]

'I lost the path': Final text of British hiker missing in Italian Alps

Matthew Hall, 33, has not been seen since July 9 when he set off from the B&B Ploncher hotel in Chiavenna, Lombardy, to go for a hike

www.standard.co.uk

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2081842/british-man-missing-in-italy

 

[Penny68]

Hopefully Matthew is found soon as safe as can be.

Maybe he dropped his mobile and just held up somewhere hoping he will be found.

Surely he will think friends etc will get the word out that he has not contacted anyone and send out a search party.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Hopefully Matthew is found soon as safe as can be.

Maybe he dropped his mobile and just held up somewhere hoping he will be found.

Surely he will think friends etc will get the word out that he has not contacted anyone and send out a search party.

Refer to #10 above.

He lost the path. Treacherous terrain. Now a week since last heard from. I feel this is a recovery operation only, unless called off.

 

[truthfinder2019]

Unfortunately Matthew was found deceased

Chiavenna, trovato senza vita il giovane turista inglese Matthew Hall

Il corpo recuperato 150 metri sotto la croce di Dalò

www.sondriotoday.it

A fall of over a hundred metres that left him no escape

Valchiavenna, ritrovato morto Matthew Hall, il turista inglese scomparso: precipitato per 100 metri

Il corpo del 33enne recuperato in una zona impervia, sotto la croce panoramica di Dalò

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He was found lifeless this afternoon at about 150 metres under the panoramic cross of Dalò, on the east side of the mountain.

Ritrovato senza vita Matthew: il corpo del turista inglese scoperto 150 metri sotto la croce panoramica di Dalò

Il peggior epilogo possibile, dopo giorni di infruttuose ricerche a tappeto sui monti sopra Chiavenna che sembrava l’avessero inghiottito

www.ilgiorno.it

RIP Matthew and most heartfelt condolensces to his family and friends.

 

[truthfinder2019]

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[GraceG]

Unfortunately Matthew was found deceased

Chiavenna, trovato senza vita il giovane turista inglese Matthew Hall

Il corpo recuperato 150 metri sotto la croce di Dalò

www.sondriotoday.it

A fall of over a hundred metres that left him no escape

Valchiavenna, ritrovato morto Matthew Hall, il turista inglese scomparso: precipitato per 100 metri

Il corpo del 33enne recuperato in una zona impervia, sotto la croce panoramica di Dalò

milano.corriere.it

He was found lifeless this afternoon at about 150 metres under the panoramic cross of Dalò, on the east side of the mountain.

Ritrovato senza vita Matthew: il corpo del turista inglese scoperto 150 metri sotto la croce panoramica di Dalò

Il peggior epilogo possibile, dopo giorni di infruttuose ricerche a tappeto sui monti sopra Chiavenna che sembrava l’avessero inghiottito

www.ilgiorno.it

RIP Matthew and most heartfelt condolensces to his family and friends.

According to the article in Italian his mother arrived at Malpensa Airport just hours after the tragic discovery. My heart goes out to her and all who loved him. RIP Matthew.

 

[tarabull]

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discovered 150 meters below the panoramic cross of Dalò​

 

[MissMYB]

Such a beautiful place. Rest in Peace.

 

[pepsi_mac2k]

Noticed on openstreetmaps there’s a via Ferrata directly below the cross, through whilst the map has locations of guideposts / info boards, it doesn’t actually show the route of the path at all. So you could easily lose your way trying to follow the via ferrata even with most hiking apps, and get in to serious trouble. Maybe this was how an otherwise experienced hiker lost their way?