11th November 2007
It’s actually not the first snow quite but we’ve had snow falls all across Switzerland and it feels like winter is on the way. It’s pretty quiet here in Zinal right now, the lifts were supposed to open for the weekend but it was postponed and we’re expecting some lifts running next weekend.


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8th November 2007
It always looked optimistic to me for Zinal to open this weekend (10th Nov) and it’s now announced that it’s postponed until 17th Nov. Some more snow is forecast over the next week and snow making will continue. The plan is that Zinal will open weekends only for the general public until Dec 8th when it will open during the week as well. Progress with the snow cannons has been pretty impressive so far and a considerable quantity of snow has been laid down. This is from the webcam today (8th Nov) :

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