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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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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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Switzerland Follows Rest of Europe and Closes Ski Resorts in Wake of Coronavirus Pandemic

Hot on the heels of major resorts in Austria, Italy, Spain, and Scandanavia, ski resorts in Switzerland today announced they will be closing immediately in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Verbier announced that they will close immediately, with others like Davos and Laax remaining open through Sunday. Andermatt has yet to make a decision. Zermatt, which is […]
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VIDEO: Check Out This Huge Powder Avalanche in Zermatt, Switzerland

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This massive avalanche in Zermatt, Switzerland was caught on camera last Tuesday. Avalanche monitoring group Geopraevent recorded it on a few of their webcams: Here’s another view that was posted by Powder-Magazine: The slide was intentionally triggered as a way to reduce the risk of a natural slide occurring when the road is open. Between the size of the avalanche and the […]
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Four Skiers Killed and Five in Serious Condition after Unexpected Storm Forced them to Spend the Night Outdoors in the Swiss Alps

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Four skiers have died in the Swiss Alps and another five are in a serious condition after an unexpected snow storm forced them to spend the night outdoors. Several of those rescued were suffering from hypothermia, with three dying in the hospital. A fourth was reportedly killed in a fall. Police gave their ages as 21 and 22. “Fourteen skiers who were […]
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Zermatt to Bring the Bling with World’s First Crystal Decorated Gondola Cabins

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How about this for extravagance? Vail or Aspen have nothing on Zermatt, whose lift company has announced that four of the cabins on its remarkable new 3S Gondola lift to the Klein Matterhorn, due to open this autumn, will feature ‘Crystal ride’ cabins decorated with Swarovski crystals. “These will capture the light in an effect that will amaze passengers and […]
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Rescuers Searching for One of Germany’s Richest Men after the Missing Billionaire Failed to Return from Alps Skiing Expedition

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Karl-Erivan Haub, a billionaire and one of Germany’s richest men, has been reported missing after failing to return from a skiing expedition in the Alps, according to media reports in Germany reports Business Insider. Haub, who is the owner and CEO of retail group Tengelmann, last week embarked on an off-piste skiing expedition in the resort of Zermatt near the […]
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Thousands Stranded in Zermatt as Resort Cut-Off for Second Time in Two Weeks by Heavy Snowfall

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Thousands of tourists are stuck in the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt as it was cut off by heavy snowfall for the second time in as many weeks, reports the Evening Standard. Heavy snowfall and risk of avalanches left 13,000 people trapped in Zermatt just two weeks ago. Swiss authorities closed ski slopes, hiking trails, cable cars, roads and train services […]
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13,000 Tourists Stranded in Zermatt as Extreme Avalanche Risk Closes Resort

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Helicopters have begun airlifting stranded holidaymakers from the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt after about 13,000 tourists were trapped in the mountain village for two days by heavy recent snowfall and an exceptional risk of avalanches reports The Guardian. Local police said the airlift was taking about 100 people an hour who urgently needed to leave Zermatt to the nearby […]
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Dump of the Decade! The Alps are Getting Buried Right Now | Resorts and Roads Closed & Extreme Avalanche Danger

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It’s a storm that only happens once every thirty years in the French Haute Tarentaise / Haute Maurienne according to MétéoFrance. Check out the forecast which tells you everything about this insane storm in the Alps here. Resorts are closed, roads are closed and it’s no surprise that the avalanche danger is critical in all the regions above. Here’s what we […]
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VIDEO: Fearless Sam Anthamatten Transforms a Labyrinth of Crevasses and Seracs Into a Playground

The North Face describes him as a “fearless freerider skier”, and they couldn’t be so right. It’s already known that Sam Anthamatten likes to go big, but this video borders on the impossible. “Free-skier Sam Anthamatten was born and raised in Zermatt. Discover how he transforms the labyrinth of crevasses and seracs into a playground that only seems possible in video games”. […]
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