Spring-cleaning a Swiss ski resort
At the end of the ski season the number of tourists in Swiss mountain resorts might drop as steeply as the pistes, but life goes on as locals clean up and prepare for summer. Swiss photographer Tomas Wüthrich captured this seasonal transition in eastern Switzerland.
This content was published on April 9, 2016 - 11:00- Deutsch Frühlingsputz in einer Schweizer Skistation
- Español Limpieza primaveral de estaciones de esquí
- Português Estações de esqui se preparam para o verão
- 中文 瑞士滑雪胜地春季大扫除
- عربي حملة تنظيف ربيعيّة في منتجع جبلي سويسري
- Français Nettoyages de printemps dans les stations de ski
- Pусский Курорты Альп готовятся к лету
- 日本語 スイスのスキー場、春の大掃除
- Italiano Pulizie di primavera in una stazione sciistica svizzera
Silvretta Arena is a ski area straddling Samnaun in canton Graubünden and Ischgl in the Austrian Tirol. In winter, the various mountain restaurants and ski huts welcome skiers and snowboarders; in summer, they fill up with mountain bikers and hikers.
As the snow melts, the Romansh-speaking restaurateurs, hotel owners and lift operators – to name just a few – would like to catch their breath, but they have plenty of work to do.
Few tourists ever see rows of rugs hung out in the sun or empty ski rooms ready to be cleaned, but Wüthrich’s images bear witness to the behind-the-scenes work that is required to ensure Swiss resorts – already feeling the pinch from the strong franc – remain competitive and continue to attract enough tourists, and Swiss, to make a profit.
(Picture editor: Christoph Balsiger; Text: Thomas Stephens)
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