SION - Mid-February reports from Zermatt, Saas-Fee and the 4 Vallées described adequate snow above about 2,000 metres and thin cover in several village streets. Snow-making kit ran where water and noise permits allowed. Operators have stopped promising white roofs at 1,500 metres.
Hotel occupancy was solid for the school-holiday overlap with parts of France. Restaurants still struggled to staff evening services. The pattern matches the Oberland's January story, only in French and German mixed at the bar.
A season measured in cables
Lift companies care about wind more than about slogans. A calm, cold week in the third decade of February would still rescue a lot of day tickets.