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Before/after comparison photo of Chaltwasser glacier (Valais, Swiss Alps)
Height: 2800 - 3200m
The Chaltwasser Glacier (Chaltwassergletscher) is located east of the Simplon Pass (Wallis, Switzerland) between Monte Leone (3553m) and Wasenhorn (2346m). Not far from the Chaltwasser Glacier is the Monte Leone hut (2848m).
C Location 1
Updated : 16.10.2025
Height: 2765m Viewing angle: 192° Viewing direction center of photo: E
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 5808 days (= 15.91 years)
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Inserted / Updated : 31.07.2017 / 14.08.2018
Height: 2743m Viewing angle: 175° Viewing direction center of photo: NNE
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 4684 days (= 12.83 years)
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Auf der Aufnahme von 2018 ist etwas rechts der Bildmitte eine Person zu sehen (Grössevergleich). Auf derselben Aufnahme ist der Schnee im Vordergrund und hinten links ein Rest des schneereichen Winters 2017/18. Bis im Herbst wird dieser Schnee geschmolzen sein.
C Location 4
Inserted / Updated : 20.10.2022 / 31.01.2026
Height: 2758m Viewing angle: 228° Viewing direction center of photo: SE (126°)
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 3302 days (= 9.05 years)
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16.08.2016: The area covered by the lake was still under ice a few years before. Drainage was via an above-ground drain to the right. To be seen e.g. on the 2016 panorama photo of site 1.
C Location 5 Inserted: 10.06.2018
Height: 2828m Viewing angle: 145° Viewing direction center of photo: SSE (162°)
Image comparison period: 17.08.2014 - 16.08.2016 Period of time: 730 days (= 2.00 years)
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O Overview Chaltwasser Glacier Photo from 3.8.2018
Horizontal distance point 1 -> point 5: approx. 420m
P Interactive panoramic photos of the Chaltwasser glacierAfter clicking on a preview photo, the panorama photo is displayed in a new window.
03.08.2018
M Current meteo and climatic data for the Chaltwasser glacier.
The meteorological/climate data from the MeteoSwiss measuring stations closest to the Chaltwasser glacier have been available since December 2023. You can call up the daily and monthly values for temperature (incl. min/max values), precipitation and sunshine duration, a comparison with the climate standard values and exceptional weather events. Links to the nearest snow depth measuring stations on the Chaltwasser glacier round off the offer.
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