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‘Year-Round’ Swiss Ski Resort Zermatt Closes Due to Extremely Warm Temperatures and Rapid Snowmelt

High in the Swiss Alps, Zermatt usually stays open all year, never halting its lifts for a day because of the perpetually snow-covered glacier it’s built on. But with severe heatwaves impacting all of Europe, this is no ordinary summer and the world-class ski area has closed its skiing operations for the time being. The resort, which is the highest […]

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SnowBrains | July 27, 2022
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Looking to Extend Your Season? You Might Try Glacier Skiing Before its Long Gone

summer in Zermatt, Switzerland

Without a trek to the Southern Hemisphere, it’s becoming tougher and tougher to find reliable snow this time of year. Glacier skiing during these warm summer months seems to be about the best play to date. Unfortunately, it looks like they might be drying up, too. You might want to think about getting after it while you still can. This summer’s […]

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Ryan Kime | June 28, 2022
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Want to Sleep on Top of a Mountain? The Bertol Hut in Switzerland Might Be Just Right for You!

Bertol Hut on Col Des Bertol

At an elevation of 3,311 meters (10,863 ft.), sitting high above the glacier pass which shares its name, the Bertol Hut is undoubtedly one of the iconic huts along the Haute Route.  Related: Haute Route Trip Report: Ski Touring From Chamonix, France, to Zermatt, Switzerland Since “The High-Level Route” was originally named by its English hikers who first traversed it […]

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Ryan Kime | May 17, 2022
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Haute Route Trip Report: Ski Touring From Chamonix, France, to Zermatt, Switzerland

Report from April 2022 and written by the Explore-Share team The Haute Route ski touring route joins Chamonix, in France, with Zermatt, in Switzerland, and is famous for its Mont Blanc views on one end and Matterhorn views on the other. The full route is 180km (112m) long and takes around one week to cross on a ski touring traverse, depending […]

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Guest Author | May 9, 2022
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[VIDEO] Markus Eder’s The Ultimate Run – The Most Insane Ski Run Ever Imagined

SnowBrains | November 3, 2021
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VIDEO: July Powder Day as Summer Storm Dumps on the Alps

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  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Summer storms have brought surprise powder days to the Alps this week. The video above from Zermatt, Switzerland, and below, from Italy, show what looks like January, not July! Related: Bigger Blankets Are the Key to Saving Our Glaciers Zermatt is one of a number of glacial […]

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SnowBrains | July 15, 2021
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This Zermatt Ski Area in Switzerland Has Been Open for the Last Year

On June 5th, 2020, Glacier Paradise in Zermatt reopened for skiing and snowboarding as Switzerland’s only lockdown restrictions were relaxed. Except for bad weather, the area has been open and spinning lifts for the entire last year. Swiss ski resorts bucked the trend of their European counterparts by staying open throughout the pandemic. While resort areas in France did open lifts […]

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SnowBrains | June 7, 2021
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Switzerland Decides to Keep Ski Resorts Open as Coronavirus Second Waves Locks Down Europe

“People need mountains,” Zermatt’s Mayor Romy Biner-Hauser said in an interview with Reuters. And it’s true—too true.  France, Italy, Austria, and Germany’s ski areas have all been closed since late October when they opened but had to quickly shut down due to a rapid surge in coronavirus cases—the feared second wave.    View this post on Instagram   A post […]

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SnowBrains | November 24, 2020
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