{"id":1838,"date":"2021-02-04T14:25:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2021-02-04T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:35:17","slug":"avalanche-danger-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/avalanche-danger-in-the-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche Danger in the Alps!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Chaletline\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chaletline\">Twitter<\/a>, then you&#8217;ll know already that the snow is very good in the Alps right now! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"510\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It breaks our hearts, but the snow in the Alps is SO good right now! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/laplagne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#laplagne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lesarcs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lesarcs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/valthorens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#valthorens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aeZGIyFF8L\">pic.twitter.com\/aeZGIyFF8L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chaletline (@Chaletline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chaletline\/status\/1357328754209681409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Avalanche Risk is high<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the ski lifts are not open in French ski resorts just now, many people have been ski touring&#8230;but conditions remain dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This picture show the damage from an avalanche that took out the Chatelet lift in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/meribel\">M\u00e9ribel<\/a> last week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-190x143.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-60x45.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-400x301.png 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer.png 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Zermatt cut off<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in Switzerland, both the road and rail link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/zermatt\">Zermatt<\/a> were cut off last weekend after a large avalanche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t that uncommon and the resort has many safety measures in place to detect avalanches in advance to minimise the danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are also experienced at clearing the snow: this road was cleared within 48 hours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava.jpg 960w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zerm-ava-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chamonix alert<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/chamonix\">Chamonix<\/a> is known for its heavy annual snowfall, but this avalanche In Les Houches was filmed on the same day as the one in Zermatt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1628014446%2Fvideos%2F10222909935250056%2F&#038;width=500&#038;show_text=false&#038;appId=1468966140083183&#038;height=888\" width=\"500\" height=\"888\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rescue in Val d&#8217;Is\u00e8re<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Val d&#8217;Is\u00e8re, one family were very lucky. Walking from La Daille back to town an avalanche buried them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately quick mobilisation and work by the local &#8211; plus some amazing luck &#8211; meant that all survived &#8211; even the father, who was finally found after 2 3\/4 hours under the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the full story of <a href=\"https:\/\/welove2ski.com\/ski-holiday\/alive\">his rescue here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava.jpg 642w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vdi-ava-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accommodation in the Alps<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While most of us are not able to ski right now, make sure you remember for your next trip to be careful &#8211; the mountains are beautiful, but can be unpredictable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For advice on finding the right ski resort for your next ski trip, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/contact.php\">contact the Chaletline team<\/a> on 01822 617761<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/avalanche-danger-in-the-alps\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-190x143.png);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ava-mer-190x143.png<\/a><p>If you&#8217;ve been following us on Facebook or Twitter, then you&#8217;ll know already that the snow is very good in the Alps right now! Avalanche Risk is high While the ski lifts are not open in French ski resorts just &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/avalanche-danger-in-the-alps\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,38,262],"tags":[249,29,263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}