On 14th September, the Mattmark 1965 memorial half-marathon takes place in memory of the glacier collapse of 30th August 1965. 88 people died that day. But the story goes way back. The catastrophe of 1965 is not the only disaster the Allalin Glacier has seen. Its wild and unpredictable nature has repeatedly threatened the existence of the Saas population. The glacier originates on the 4,190-metre-high Strahlhorn, which, along with the ...

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While visitors at other resorts are trying out new sports and activities such as grass skiing and sand sledding, and après-ski parties are nothing but a distant memory, Saas-Fee has been a winter wonderland for weeks! There’s a good reason why, in 2012 and 2014, the Free Republic of Holidays was voted the Alpine ski resort with the most reliable snow cover and the best slopes by more than 40,000 ...

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