Europe’s Top Ski Resorts Shut as Record Snow Risks Avalanches

Some of Europe’s top ski resorts, including Zermatt in Switzerland and Val d’Isere in France, were forced to shut as heavy snow raised the avalanche risk across the western Alps.

At Montana, a measuring site 1,423 meters (4,667 feet) high in the Swiss canton of Valais, 58 centimeters (23 inches) of snow fell on Wednesday. That’s the largest one-day April snowfall in records going back to 1930, according to Meteo Suisse.