Ski Resorts Closed in Switzerland

[GeronimoD]

tell me about! first now snow and now bucket loads...I've been checking and it seems as the eastern part of Switzerland received the most snow, though most parts of the Alps have about a meter high snow (omg). if anyone's planning to travel around there be in the know that the line between the villages of Martigny in canton Valais and Chamonix in France is shut right now.

[Delight6-0]

I was in tignes ski resort last week and the snow on wednesday and thursday was terrible with only a handful of ski lifts open so that the resort could avoid giving refunds on ski passes. The road out of the valley was closed due to avalanches. We flew out on friday morning and Im glad we did because noone can fly out now.. i think we were lucky to get out when we did.

[shallowloagoon]

it seems Switzerland is going through a bit of turmoil..first no snow, then too much snow and now protests. Swiss soldiers seemed to have even drafted in along with police to stop demonstrators fighting the elites there. anyone heard?

[makeme45]

hey shallowlagoon..there aren't just random protests..it's basically an Occupy movement similar to the ones in the States...in this case, it's Occupy the World Economic Forum, which is an annual meeting head in Davos by the elites like Cameron, Sarkozy, etc. Occupiers are trying to gatecrash this meeting though the soldiers and police are proving a tough cookie to crack!