"A 5.5-hour drive from St. Moritz to Verbier seemed doable, but then as the weather front approached the western Alps, I realized I had to make hay and had to leave a day earlier to avoid getting stuck in a snow blizzard. Since the spare room was not available until Friday, we booked ourselves into the famous W Hotel. Unfortunately, the weather front was moving in with gusto, and what seemed like a doable drive became a sketchy 8-hour adventure through thick snowfalls."
"Ironically, the weather warmed the further west we got, the slushier the snow became, until in Bern it finally turned to rain. When we hit Lake Geneva and looped towards Verbier, the rain was relentless. Even in Le Chàble, it was still raining, and we were wondering where the forecast monster snowfall was-we had left thicker snowfall behind in St. Moritz."
A planned 5.5-hour drive from St. Moritz to Verbier required leaving a day early because a weather front approached the western Alps. With the spare room unavailable until Friday, accommodations were booked at the W Hotel. The weather front intensified, turning a doable drive into an eight-hour struggle through heavy snow and later rain around Bern and Lake Geneva. Rain persisted until the ascent toward Verbier converted it back into sleet and snow above 1,500 meters, producing a postcard village. The next morning a thick blanket of fresh snow prompted early queuing at the gondola and a notable increase in fat skis and avalanche backpacks.
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