According to sources, in recent weeks, ski systems in several places in the Alps have completely or partially closed due to high avalanche risk. The warning is at level 4 or 5 on the five-level scale at many ski resorts. Sara Alin from Helsingborg, who works at a hotel in the French ski resort Chamonix, described the situation as unusual.
"It is super unusual. I have been here for a year, and last winter they never closed," Alin said. There have been reports of unusually many avalanche accidents with fatalities in the Alps this year, due to large snow amounts often combined with strong winds.
It is super unusual. I have been here for a year, and last winter they never closed.
The exact number of avalanche accidents and fatalities reported this year in the Alps has not been specified. High avalanche risk is expected for a good while ahead. For the so-called 'Stockholm week' week 9, the forecast looks a bit brighter.
Alin expressed optimism, saying, "It will be sunny! " Specific measures being taken to manage the avalanche risk in affected areas are not detailed.
It will be sunny! So I hope that it opens up more and more and that people can get to ski.