SION - Valais cantonal crews spent Tuesday pushing the mid-April dump off village access roads and a handful of pass approaches. Graubuenden reported a similar pattern. The avalanche bulletin that closed high routes on the weekend, in our Davos report, had already done its job.
Hotel desks in Verbier and Saas-Fee told walkers that a taped path is not a suggestion. The memory of Blatten in 2025 still sits on those conversations.
Spring is not a season to invent
Shoulder-season marketing likes pictures of bare terraces. This week the terraces had a crust. Guides preferred to cancel.