Snow shortage | Ski resorts face uphill battle in Swiss Alps
Since the local company that ran the small station folded, the infrastructure and facilities have been left as a disintegrating blemish on the Alpine landscape.
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Since the local company that ran the small station folded, the infrastructure and facilities have been left as a disintegrating blemish on the Alpine landscape.
In a remote, secluded valley in the Swiss Alps, a line of rusty ski lift masts scar the grassy hillside where cows lazily graze.
In a remote, secluded valley in the Swiss Alps, a row of rusting ski lift pylons scars the grassy hillside where cows graze lazily.
The lifts at the Super Saint-Bernard ski resort in Switzerland's southern Wallis canton have not run since 2010. In all, up to two million Swiss francs will be needed to dismantle the station.