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Skiing resumes at Zermatt and Saas-Fee glacier resorts
Public skiing is set to resume on October 14 on the Theodul Glacier in Zermatt, Switzerland.
A heatwave and melting ice had made skiing there impossible since the end of July.
Recent snowfall and cooler temperatures have improved conditions, but not all pistes are open.
The Zermatt resort is preparing to open another lift, which could add a beginner area and a small snow park if conditions allow.
In Saas-Fee, some lifts on the Allalin Glacier are accessible again after summer operations were suspended because conditions were unsafe.
Staff are preparing pistes there with snow left over from last year, and the resort says operating them takes considerable effort.
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5 percent of their ice this summer, and Saas-Fee’s management says glacier skiing cannot continue indefinitely.
Skiing is set to resume on the Theodul Glacier in Zermatt on 14 October after a heatwave and glacier melt halted public operations.
Recent snowfall and lower temperatures improved conditions, but not all pistes are open.
Some lifts on the Allalin Glacier in Saas-Fee are accessible again, with pistes prepared using snow from last year.
The Saas-Fee operator says running the lifts requires considerable effort, while acknowledging that glacier skiing cannot continue indefinitely.
- Who
- Zermatt Bergbahnen AG and Saastal Bergbahnen AG are reopening glacier skiing.
- What
- Public skiing is resuming in Zermatt, and some lifts have reopened in Saas-Fee.
- When
- Zermatt's public ski operations are due to resume on 14 October; some Saas-Fee lifts were accessible by Saturday.
- Where
- The Theodul Glacier in Zermatt and the Allalin Glacier in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
- Why
- Recent snowfall and lower temperatures improved conditions in Zermatt. In Saas-Fee, some lifts and pistes are operating again, with pistes prepared using snow from last year.
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the end of life will come
glacier skiing has an expiry date
Zermatt suspended summer skiing on the Valais side of the Matterhorn because of the heatwave.
Saas-Fee's summer operations were halted because conditions made it unsafe to operate the pistes and glacier infrastructure.
Zermatt Bergbahnen AG is due to resume public skiing on the Theodul Glacier.
Some lifts on the Allalin Glacier in Saas-Fee were accessible again.
- Zermatt reopening
- 14 October
- Zermatt glacier
- Theodul Glacier
- Saas-Fee glacier
- Allalin Glacier
- Saas-Fee piste preparation
- Snow from last year
- Swiss glacier ice loss
- 5.5% over the summer
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