According to the President of the Valais mountain Railways, there is no economic pressure on ski resorts to open as many slopes. To him no case of a conflict between a runway-in-chief, and a mountain railway Director was to be known, says Berno Stoffel in an Interview.
Stoffel replied in the “Saturday review” of Radio SRF corresponding speculation. For the Lock or Free for the slopes, the piste heads be the responsibility. This analyzed the Situation every Morning, as the situation could have changed during the night due to Wind, cold, rise in temperature, or new snow. Each Piste will departed and individually opened: “It is not so that the slopes per se are open.”
The responsible Slope managers were hired by the mountain railway companies, but, regardless, said Stoffel. He knew of no conflict between a mountain railway Director and Slope Manager, in the it would be therefore went to open the slopes for economic reasons. “There is no Director, to incapacitate the runway-in-chief, or to put his decision into question.”
Berno Stoffel, as a result of the climate changes in the future, more frequent full-depth avalanches and, therefore, more pistes must be locked. According to Stoffel, it is for the mountain railway, responsible for “the worst thing there is”, when an avalanche on a slope.
One dead and three injured
The decline of an avalanche on the slopes of Kandahar in Crans-Montana came on Tuesday afternoon, a 34-year-old runway patrouilleur killed. Three other people suffered more minor injuries.
The Video, whose authenticity is unconfirmed, to the avalanche in Crans-Montana show. (Video: readers ‘ reporter/Tamedia)
The Snow – with a high probability of a glide – snow avalanche had solved 14.15 on a slope in the Region of La Plaine Morte, the highest area of the resort. The runway of Kandahar has been spilled on a length of about 400 meters. The avalanche cone, reaching a length of 840 meters, a width of 100 meters and a height of up to three meters a huge extent.
The Valais Prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation. (ij/sda)
Created: 23.02.2019, 13:11 PM
