Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Suspends Summer Skiing, Leaving Only One Glacier Ski Area Open in the European Alps
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After Zermatt VS stopped operating for the rest of the summer last week, it is now also meeting Saas-Fee in Valais.
The Swiss ski resorts also suffer from the heat wave and snow poverty, and after Zermatt Saas Fee also closed. ÖSV Alpine Head Christian Mitter remains calm despite some concerns with a view to South America.
Alps Heatwave Forces Glacier Closures as Rockfalls Increase
Extreme heat is continuing to disrupt the high Alps, forcing the suspension of summer skiing, closing a mountain refuge at more than 3,600 metres and coinciding with further rockfalls in the Dolomites. Saas-Fee has suspended summer skiing from Monday, August 10, becoming the latest major Alpine glacier ski area affected by persistently high temperatures and deteriorating snow and glacier conditions. The Swiss resort follows Zermatt, which had al…
Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Suspends Summer Skiing, Leaving Only One Glacier Ski Area Open in the European Alps
The glacier at Saas-Fee looking rather grim in the last few days. | Image: @isafun76 Saas-Fee, Switzerland, is set to suspend summer skiing on August 10, becoming the second major Swiss glacier ski area to shut down this season as persistent heat continues to deteriorate conditions across the Alps. The closure announcement comes just one week after Zermatt’s decision to suspend summer skiing on the Theodul Glacier on August 1. Once Saas-Fee clo…
A week after Zermatt, Saas-Fee also announced the temporary closure of its summer ski area due to too high temperatures. The area will cease operations on Monday and until further notice.
After Zermatt, Saas-Fee also has to close the summer ski area. The reason is the high temperatures and glacier conditions.
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