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Originally Posted by DSY011
John, Whats the story in the 'Ausserordentliche Mengen Neuschnee in der Leventina' write up? It looks like a snow train that got into trouble.
Syd
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No it wasn't in trouble Syd. The snowblower was having a rest after a hard shift.
Apparently on the night of 19/20th February 2006 there was an unusually high amount of new snowfall in the Leventina valley on the south ramp leading up to the Gotthard Tunnel. (This is the Italian speaking part of Switzerland) The snow was so heavy that they had to call on the services of the big snowblower from Erstfeld on the north ramp (German speaking area)
I assume that the snow-clearing equipment normally based on the south ramp was inadequate.