![Skiers enjoying the deep snow. Photograph by Jacques Naegeli (1885-1971), Gstaad.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/skifahrer-geniessen-den-tiefschnee-titel-nageli-300x225.jpg)
In search of snow
Switzerland and snow have a very special history. It ranges from skiing to avalanche research. As the planet heats up the snow is melting, and it’s happening here in Switzerland as well. What has happened? And how will it snow in the future? A search for clues.
![Avalanche winter 1951 in Airolo. Photograph from a private album belonging to Italian-Swiss writer and psychologist Edvige Livello.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/lawinenwinter-1951-in-airolo-edvige-livello-300x194.jpg)
Avalanches
![Using a dog to rescue avalanche victims on the St Gotthard pass, ca. 1839.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/lawine-gbe-26530-lm-219852-300x205.jpg)
Drill cores
![Ice core from the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), 2006.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/occr-eisbohrkern-300x300.jpg)
Forecasts
The snow of the future – Interview with Christoph Marty, Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (in German). YouTube / Swiss National Library
![Artificial snow slope in Savognin on 15 December 2016.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/kunstschneepiste-in-savognin-am-15-dezember-2016-300x160.jpg)