This was reported in the official administration of the resort. As a result of convergence of avalanches and an increased level of precipitation between Zermatt and the village of Tash, where the resort is located, the road and rail traffic was stopped.
At the moment in hotels and hotels of the resort there are from 10 to 20 thousand people. The snow level in some places reaches three and more meters. The repair team of the resort town has already managed to restore electricity.
However, all winter routes and lifts are temporarily closed.
Tourists and holidaymakers are advised not to go out without the need. Food and water are enough to calmly weather the bad weather..
"It's impossible to leave the resort on its own, now, as it is to reach it," says the resort's central office.
As reported in the "URA-Inform", recently as a result of the breakdown of the mountain lift in the French Alps at the height of stuck about 200 skiers.