Saas-Fee has become the latest ski resort to suspend summer skiing because of the heat.
It’ll close its summer ski area from today, saying high temperatures have altered the snow cover and glaciers, making it impossible to guarantee safety.
It follows Zermatt, which halted summer skiing a week ago.
Training slopes there remain available to Switzerland’s national ski teams.
'On the Water Festival' great success
Nearly 3,000 people took to Lake Geneva on Saturday for the second edition of the ‘On The Water Geneva Festival’ — dancing from their boats to music blasted out in 360 degrees from a floating barge.
Nearly a million for Zurich parade
Around 900,000 dance music fans turned out for Zurich’s 33rd Street Parade on Saturday — despite the heat.
Woman found dead on Mont-Blanc
A Russian mountaineer in her sixties has been found dead in a crevasse on the Glacier du Tour on Mont Blanc.
Sugar beet crop wiped out
Sugar beet farmers are facing a disastrous harvest, with drought and extreme heat killing crops before they mature.
Russia gets involved with upcoming neutrality vote
Russia is openly campaigning for a yes vote on the upcoming neutrality referendum.
Drought alert reaches critical
Switzerland has moved to its highest drought alert, according to Blick, as rivers run dry and grasslands burn.
