from the swiss federal institute of technology in zurich visits the mountains twice a year once in spring and again in autumn when the season begins. they investigate how much fresh snow fall there was in winter and the thickness of the snow cover over the ice the mall snow that has been the better the condition of the glazier today the 25th of april 2800 it's in better shape than it's been for a while. more than 5 meters of snow fell in winter. the obvious itself. we've measured snow water equivalent at 7 glaciers across westerlund our measurement showed that in 2018 snow cover was well above average. and there wasn't quite as much snow depth everywhere and switzerland as there was here but it doesn't look like there was perhaps as much as 50 percent more than an a normal year sent me ya. ya. latinos 1st we'll be back in autumn. there are plenty of people who see the healthy snow fall as proof that climate change is a mess. but in europe's high mountain ranges the evidence is all around in italy switzerland austria slovenia and germany. the environmental research station she found her ho