Swiss Snow Highs And Lows
Swiss Snow Highs And Lows
Published : 16-Nov-2014 07:48
Wild fluctuations in snow cover at Swiss resorts is currently being reported as some areas are being seriously dumped on, while other report cover from the big snowstorms of the past three weeks has thawed away.
Saas Fee is making the most excited claims, saying that they have had 1.5m (five feet) of fresh snow in the last few days.
But Crans Montana, which was due to open this weekend, has postponed doing so as its snow accumulation has been badly diminished by thawing, even 3000m up, and the resort has taken the unusually honest step (for ski resort snow reporting in general) of posting images showing that fact on social media, including the one above. It's not known for sure if the slopes are white again now.
Davos and Engelberg are reported to have opened/re-opened for the season OK this weekend, joining already open Andermatt, Glacier 3000 above Les Diablerets, the Diavolezza glacier near St Moritz and Zermatt.
Verbier, which is currently aiming to open at weekends after opening early last weekend following heavy snow, reported yesterday that rain in resort had turned to snow and that today was expected to be a powder Sunday.
Andermatt has reported 20cm of fresh snow in the last 24 hours and Glacier 3000 a similar accumulation in recent days.
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