What is the climate of the Swiss Alps?
I am looking to take a trip to Switzerland and am wondering what the climate of the Swiss Alps is in the winter, spring, summer and fall as I would also like to do some snowboarding. Thanks for any help you can offer 
I believe it's called "alpine". Colder than anywhere lower, because when you get into higher elevations, the temperature goes down (law of nature…heat dissipates, as you go higher – the air expands and becomes thinner…)
I live in the Colorado Rockies, pretty high up. We NEVER put away our winter coats in the summer. They may need to be pulled out at any time. Winter times, it can get below zero for up to two weeks at a time, and never go above zero. Often 30 below overnight for a week or so. (this is F.) In the summer, it usually doesn't get above 80, and drops to around freezing almost every night. I would expect similar temperatures in Switzerland. Maybe a little different. Bring LOTS of warm sweaters and t-necks for the winter, and always have a sweater or sweatshirt available in the summertime.
Snowboarding is going to be different there than in the US. Their laws are entirely different, which is reflected in how the lifts run, etc. It shouldbe quite an adventure.
Hiking is really big there for summertime, and the dairy products and chocolate (of course) are the best in the world!!! I have never lived there, (just visited…I think it was the coldest summer on record…all of Europe was chilly.) because I would just put on WAY too much weight!
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Usually cold!
Last year we went to Austria in June, a little town called Gerlos it was absolutely beautiful, there was no ski-ing to be had, as it was around 30 degrees 90F during the day, but one evening it did snow on the the mountains, this was gone by the morning.
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I believe it's called "alpine". Colder than anywhere lower, because when you get into higher elevations, the temperature goes down (law of nature…heat dissipates, as you go higher – the air expands and becomes thinner…)
I live in the Colorado Rockies, pretty high up. We NEVER put away our winter coats in the summer. They may need to be pulled out at any time. Winter times, it can get below zero for up to two weeks at a time, and never go above zero. Often 30 below overnight for a week or so. (this is F.) In the summer, it usually doesn't get above 80, and drops to around freezing almost every night. I would expect similar temperatures in Switzerland. Maybe a little different. Bring LOTS of warm sweaters and t-necks for the winter, and always have a sweater or sweatshirt available in the summertime.
Snowboarding is going to be different there than in the US. Their laws are entirely different, which is reflected in how the lifts run, etc. It shouldbe quite an adventure.
Hiking is really big there for summertime, and the dairy products and chocolate (of course) are the best in the world!!! I have never lived there, (just visited…I think it was the coldest summer on record…all of Europe was chilly.) because I would just put on WAY too much weight!
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