More Snow in the Alps Boosts Summer Glacier Skiing

14th June 2024

Last modified on June 22nd, 2024

The Swiss resort of Zermatt has seen heavy flooding in town and the rail links to the resort have been closed.

Zermatt today! 🌧️ pic.twitter.com/vh1tjLJhAZ

— Olly Alkema (@ollyalkema) June 21, 2024

Trains are no longer running between Visp and Zermatt said the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn in a statement.

Here is a video from the last train to leave the resort:

In Switzerland, the last train left Zermatt this morning before flooding and landslides cut off the town. The river Vispa overflowed, flooding the town center and halting all rail and road transport. 👀pic.twitter.com/nAOeVaKAgs

— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) June 21, 2024

The Vispa river burst its banks on Friday morning.

The winter season ended well with large quantities of snow in April and May as we reported at the time.

• Bumper year for spring skiing

Since then further snow has fallen.

• Heavy snow at altitude in the Alps

Now there has been more snow with 20cm of fresh snow at altitude on an already deep base.

Alpine resorts currently open for summer skiing and snowboarding:

• Hintertux, Austria
• Les2Alpes, France
• Val d’Isere,France
• Passo Stelvio, Italy
• Cervinia, Italy
• Zermatt,  Switzerland

Molltaler closed last weekend with Tignes in France expected to open later this month.

There are also resorts open in Scandinavia.

So, what is summer glacier skiing like?

PlanetSKI was in Hintertux last summer:

• PlanetSKI goes summer glacier skiing

Hintertux in the summer. Image © PlanetSKI

Here’s what’s on offer this summer:

• Top 5 resorts in the Alps for summer skiing

While over in North America A-Basin in Colorado has now closed with Timberline Lodge in Oregon remaining open.