Europe's Top Ski Resorts Cut Off With Avalanche Risk at Maximum
- Zermatt pistes shut on highest risk in almost two decades
- St. Anton and Ischgl resorts in Austria partially cut off
A road is blocked off at Zermatt on Jan. 9.
Photographer: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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Some of Europe’s top ski resorts, including Zermatt in Switzerland and St. Anton in Austria, are cut off as the avalanche danger was raised to the highest level across large swathes of the Alps.
“The last time the risk was over such a widespread area was the “avalanche winter” of 1999,” said Julia Wessels of the Davos-based Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research.