Swiss winter sports fans take advantage of early snow
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Skiing and snowboarding fans are expected to flock to the Swiss Alps this weekend to take advantage of the early snow and cold temperatures. Around a dozen mountain resorts out of 200 are reported open across Switzerland this weekend. Davos and Arosa in the south-east of the country will open their lifts, as well as Andermatt and Engelberg in central Switzerland, and Adelboden-Elsigenalp-Metsch and Grindelwald-Wengen in the Bernese Oberland, according to Switzerland Tourism. They will join the Four Valleys (Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz, Thyon, La Tsoumaz and Bruson), Saas-Fee and Zermatt in canton Valais, and Diavolezza-Lagalb in canton Graubünden, and the Glacier 3000 region (Les Diablerets-Gstaad) between cantons Bern and Vaud, which opened – or partially opened - last weekend. “It’s an early start to the season, but not a record,” Andreas Keller, spokesperson for the Swiss Ski Lift Association, told Keystone-SDA. Conditions vary considerably from resort to resort. In ...