People are going to die this week – and I mean that quite literally, not figuratively. They’re not going to die from happiness, they’re going to die under tons of snow. There’s so much snow in the alps at the moment that entire communities are trapped. Zermatt is cut off – road and rail are shut due to avalanche risk, and air travel is not possible due to the heavy snow (well,as of 10pm uk time last night).
The main road up the Haute Tarentaise is closed from Bourg St Maurice onwards due to the snow. People are being told not to travel between the various villages in Tignes
There are road closures around Les Deux Alpes and Alpe d’Huez due to the snow
Despite all this the “hardcore” will be charging off the first lift, desperately seeking those elusive “first tracks”. And sadly, some of them will trigger avalanches, and some of them will die.
Be careful out there folks.