Zermatt, Switzerland, Suspends Summer Skiing for the Public as Heat and Glacier Conditions Force Temporary Closure
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Only the Swiss national ski team can continue to train on the Theodul Glacier thanks to transport with snowmobiles. ÖSV must also look for alternatives, but they are limited.
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Zermatt closes its summer ski area. The situation becomes too dangerous because of lack of snow and deep crevasses, say the responsible people. Also in the second Valais summer ski area the end is near.
Due to the heat wave that does not save the highest altitudes of the Alps, the summer skiing at the foot of the Matterhorn is now suspended because it is no longer safe. Zermatt Bergbahnen, a Swiss company that manages the plants on the Teodulo glacier, at an altitude of 3,000 meters, on the border with Italy has decided this. [...] L'articolo On the glacier of the Plateau Rosa there is no more snow: ski suspended for high temperatures. And Brig…
The Zermatter Bergbahnen have to temporarily stop the summer operation. The reason is the persistently high temperatures that increase the glacier.
Is summer skiing in recent years? The melting of glaciers is such that Zermatt had to suspend the practice last week, because the installations are too unstable due to the retreat of the glacier. Only the Swiss ski team can still train, but in very degraded conditions.
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