It’s difficult to remember a month like it in Switzerland. The snowfall has been exceptional with up to 3.3m reported in the past week.
The country’s resorts have the deepest bases in the world – and some of the deepest in the Alps for years – with Crans Montana claiming the biggest total at 6.5m, Engelberg at 625cm – both more than 20 feet.
All the snow means that if it ever stops snowing (and the rest of this week is looking calmer) conditions are going to be great.
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But in the short term ski areas are totally – or mostly – closed due to the maximum extreme avalanche danger.
In some cases – Andermatt, Saas Fee, Wengen and Zermatt – road and rail links to ski areas are closed too.