Avalanche risk rises to high in southern Swiss Alps

Heavy snowfall on Saturday and during the night of Saturday to Sunday, particularly in the southern Alps, means that the danger of avalanches is high. Many spontaneous avalanches can be expected, say meteorologists. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox More than a metre of snow has fallen in places south of the Alps, according to the Meteonews website on Sunday morning. At Bosco-Gurin, in southern Switzerland, up to 116cm of fresh snow accumulated in 24 hours, a new record for this station in Ticino, said Météosuisse in a post on X. Some valleys to the north of the Alps were also affected by heavy snow, notably in the Bernese Oberland and the cantons of Uri and Glarus. Snow reached the plains mainly in Central Switzerland, but spring-like weather is expected to set in from Monday. This fresh snow has resulted in a level 4 (or high) avalanche risk on the southern slopes of the Alps and on the adjacent ridge to the north, said federal authorities. This means ...