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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two climbers died Saturday 14 April and one Sunday in three separate accidents involving avalanches this weekend, in canton Valais. A Swiss man, age 47, died Sunday in the Fieschertal area when his group of ski tourers was coming down from the Trugbergs peak, 3,880 metres. They were on the southwest face, [...]
What’s on in Switzerland GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Bye-bye winter blues, hello warmer weather and sunshine, with plenty of snow still on the slopes! The weekend promises to be great for doing just about anything outdoors. And now that March has arrived, the season is starting for the big spring consumer fairs, Habitat et Jardins in [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Viral videos this week include two ski clips that show avalanches, one the extraordinary feat of Swatch World Cup Big Mountain competition skier Sverre Lilliequist, who led the European team in Zermatt (competition 10-15 February), where he arrives safely at the finish line. The second was posted in January, in Italy, an [...]
Dutch skier dies in Wengen Saturday GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 39-year-old Dutch skier died Saturday in Wengen while skiing off-piste, say Bern police. He and a friend left the Eiger glacier stop to ski down Kleine Scheidegg on an ungroomed piste when they lost sight of each other. The second skier waited in vain for [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This is our last official report for the season, with flowers coming out and trees budding on the Swiss plains. It doesn’t mean, of course, that you have to stop skiing, and if we spot anything of special interest, we’ll post it on GenevaLunch. See details below for the big x-treme event [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Initial reports that skiers might have been caught by an avalanche Sunday 26 February at Les Crozets in Valais were wrong, police report. The slide, 100 metres long and 50 wide, covered a road that is part of a groomed slope. The danger of avalanches is expected to rise significantly by Wednesday, [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Schools in Vaud are on vacation starting this afternoon, and the weather forecast promises us some of the warmest temperatures since early January. Expect the slopes to be busy. Snow cover is still excellent everywhere, so no matter where you head, you can’t go wrong, but don’t sleep in: the best snow [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were happily no victims when a sizeable avalanche swept across a groomed ski slope in Verbier at 10:30 Wednesday morning 1 February. The run was open but rescue workers, who immediately combed the area,say there were no victims. The avalanche occurred at la Croix de Cœur (Le Clou) and it is [...]
Vaud a laggard in mapping flood dangers Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Landslides, falling rocks, avalanches and floods: the bulk of the work is done for some dangers, but not all in the 10-year Swiss project to carefully map risks for these natural dangers. The project is scheduled to end by December 2011, but the federal [...]
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Blue skies and 10C in Geneva Friday morning 18 March make it hard to use the word “winter” but resorts are still open and the snow remains decent to good in most areas. Weather forecast, snow conditions, avalanche warnings Highs of 10C around Lake Geneva, 14C in Valais for the weekend, [...]
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