After the accident in Zermatt: danger of avalanches still high. Spontaneous avalanches at altitude can also sweep away wet old snow at medium altitudes.
Three people died and a fourth person was injured and taken to hospital. There are no prepared and monitored slopes there, but winter sports enthusiasts ski in deep snow. This is where most avalanche accidents happen. Marked pistes are closed if there is a risk of avalanche above. The avalanche danger for the area from Valais to Graubünden towards Austria is still being high.