Bright sun, bright snow, and sometimes just an inch away! Austria has been in the third lock since Saturday. But almost nothing can be seen on the open ski slopes.
In some places, those responsible have already hit the emergency brakes and blocked access due to overcrowding.
The Bodental in Carinthia, which offers winter hiking and cross-country skiing, closed on Saturday after a large crowd on Sunday, as did the toboggan meadows in Semmering about 100 kilometers southwest of Vienna. At Damüls in Vorarlberg, about 70 kilometers south of Lindau on Lake Constance, too large a crowd had to dissolve.
Hikers go skiing in Kasberg (Upper Austria)Photo: dpa
In the Bodental and Semmering areas, it was “lots of vehicles parked by the side of the road” that alerted authorities. In part, access for fire trucks or ambulances was disabled, he said.
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On Sunday the chaos continued elsewhere: up Zauchensee World Cup Stadium Webcam Images near Salzburg you can see crowds at the gondola station. The hikers huddled closely together.
► In Austria, despite closed closures (close shops and cultural institutions, limited contacts), many ski areas are open. However, practically only residents benefit from this: there is a ten-day quarantine requirement for foreign travelers, which discourages most tourists.
Grünau im Almtal: full parking in KasbergPhoto: dpa
Furthermore, the particularly effective FFP2 masks are prescribed as mouth and nose protection for all skiers over 14 years of age who use gondolas or chair lifts or have to queue.
The crowd in Damüls was due to the lack of snow in neighboring areas, Andreas Gapp, head of the Vorarlberg cable cars, said on Sunday. “We have learned from this and will adapt our concepts as soon as possible.”
Otherwise, he got a positive balance from Christmas days. “People wear the FFP2 mask, keep their distance and accept the rules of the catering trade,” he said.
Switzerland: Hundreds of Britons disappeared from quarantine overnight
In Switzerland, hundreds of tourists from Britain have escaped an orderly quarantine, some overnight.
Hoteliers in Verbier, a ski resort in the canton of Valais that is popular with British winter tourists, had noticed that breakfast trays left in front of room doors had not been touched, Jean-Marc reported Sunday. Sandoz, spokesman for the municipality of Bagnes to which Verbier belongs, to the German press agency. .
Before Christmas, the venue identified 420 guests from Britain, including Swiss living there, who had to be quarantined. About 50 left immediately. Of the other 370, fewer than a dozen were still there on Sunday.
Police officers at the Verbier ski resortPhoto: AFP
Background: On December 20, Switzerland halted all flights from Great Britain and South Africa because new and presumably more contagious variants of the corona virus had been detected in the countries. They ordered that all those who had arrived since December 14 be retrospectively quarantined for ten days from the arrival date.
“Families with young children were suddenly trapped in 20 square meters,” Sandoz said. “It was unbearable.” Meanwhile, some guests from neighboring France had reported. The ski resorts are closed, but the British can at least breathe fresh air.
Photo: dpa
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