Swiss canton closes all Alpine passes for the winter

The Oberalp Pass in Switzerland has been closed for the winter, meaning that all five Alpine passes in canton Uri are no longer passable until spring. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Oberalp Pass, which connects Andermatt with Sedrun, has been closed for the winter since 9am on Wednesday, as announced by the Uri Construction Department on Wednesday. A winter closure until spring had already been imposed on the Furka, Susten, Klausen and Gotthard Alpine passes in Uri. Translated from German by DeepL/mga How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team from news agencies such ...