ST. MORITZ - July occupancy in the Upper Engadine held up, helped by heat in the cities. Guides said more high tours were rerouted after rockfall and bare ice on routes that used to keep a snow ribbon into August. Hotels sold lakes, trains and terrace dinners instead.
The 2025 Blatten disaster in Valais still sits over slope-safety talk, even this far east. No tourism director wants to be the person who left a path open a day too long.
A summer product
Lucerne has always sold water as much as ice, as our 18 July report notes. The Engadine is learning that lesson at a higher altitude.