Rome (CNN) At least four people are dead after two avalanches struck the Italian Alps over the weekend.

On Sunday, a 28-year-old died after an avalanche in the Brenta Dolomite mountains at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,860 feet) around 11 a.m. local time, the Carabinieri told CNN.

The man had been making his way up a gully with three others -- all expert off-piste alpine skiers from the Dolomite area --- when the avalanche hit. A second skier caught up in the incident was injured and transported to a hospital in Trento.

Officials have not released the names of the four individuals.

Earlier on Saturday, a woman and two children died after an avalanche struck a ski slope at the Val Senales glacier in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy near the Austrian border, a Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) source told CNN.

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